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Christine doing 2 latins?
Why is Christine and Matt doing two Latin dances, tango and the salsa this saturday, while the others are doing one Ballroom and one Latin it don't make sense
![]() Can someone please explain, because i thought it was one ballroom and one latin dance and not 2 latin or ballroom |
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since when has tango been classified as a latin dance?
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Why is Christine and Matt doing two Latin dances, tango and the salsa this saturday, while the others are doing one Ballroom and one Latin it don't make sense
![]() Can someone please explain, because i thought it was one ballroom and one latin dance and not 2 latin or ballroom |
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Why is Christine and Matt doing two Latin dances, tango and the salsa this saturday, while the others are doing one Ballroom and one Latin it don't make sense
![]() Can someone please explain, because i thought it was one ballroom and one latin dance and not 2 latin or ballroom |
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Tango IS a Ballroom dance.
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Why is Christine and Matt doing two Latin dances, tango and the salsa this saturday, while the others are doing one Ballroom and one Latin it don't make sense
![]() Can someone please explain, because i thought it was one ballroom and one latin dance and not 2 latin or ballroom Tango is the least ballroom of the ballroom dances if that makes any sense but I was told it's the hold that means it's definitely ballroom not latin.
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I do know what you mean though bingoman.
Tango is the least ballroom of the ballroom dances if that makes any sense but I was told it's the hold that means it's definitely ballroom not latin. ![]() ![]() By the same token the Argentine Tango is totally different again.
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Hee hee.
Tango is ballroom, you can't really compare it to a Latin (though I know what you mean). |
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Argentine Tango was classed as a Latin dance - The Ballroom Tango was developed as a Ballroom dance and so therefore is ballroom
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Argentine Tango was classed as a Latin dance
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The Tango was initially a Latin dance and Jive was a ballroom dance, but they switched I believe.
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Short thread, thank God. Need help. Anyone. PLEASE!! Downloading music and there's a song floating thru my head, something posted a couple of days ago about Jill and Darren dancing to the song better than the pros. I thought I knew the title, but oh no. It refused. I've tried every derivision, if that's even a word I'm so brain dead at the moment and in no mood to cope with the frowny faces from a post I did earlier, before the incredibly frustrating time loop thing that's lasted 2 hours because I'm just too damn stubborn to give in, especially when I know the damn song!!!!
Lyrics, on chorus: "I love you, baby and if it's quite alright... Oh, pretty baby don't bring me down this way... let me love you, baby, let me love you... you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off you, you'd be like heaven to touch, I want to hold you so much, at long last love has arrived, I thank God I'm alive, you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you... da da da da da, etc.... What the f@%$ is it called please??? |
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Short thread, thank God. Need help. Anyone. PLEASE!! Downloading music and there's a song floating thru my head, something posted a couple of days ago about Jill and Darren dancing to the song better than the pros. I thought I knew the title, but oh no. It refused. I've tried every derivision, if that's even a word I'm so brain dead at the moment and in no mood to cope with the frowny faces from a post I did earlier, before the incredibly frustrating time loop thing that's lasted 2 hours because I'm just too damn stubborn to give in, especially when I know the damn song!!!!
Lyrics, on chorus: "I love you, baby and if it's quite alright... Oh, pretty baby don't bring me down this way... let me love you, baby, let me love you... you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off you, you'd be like heaven to touch, I want to hold you so much, at long last love has arrived, I thank God I'm alive, you're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you... da da da da da, etc.... What the f@%$ is it called please??? 'Can't Take My Eyes Of You' recorded by Andy Williams at one point, I think, probably by a million others as well. It was the song to their showdance I believe. |
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It's called "You're just too good to be true"
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The Tango was initially a Latin dance and Jive was a ballroom dance, but they switched I believe.
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Thank you, thank you so much. Now I can go and get the damn song, a point of honour now, then go to bed.
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Actually, the whole Latin / Ballroom thing is a massively artificial divide - samba and Paso are totally different, for example.
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Thank you, thank you so much. Now I can go and get the damn song, a point of honour now, then go to bed.
John Barrowman was singing it!!! |
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The general gist of it is 'in hold' = ballroom, 'out of hold' = Latin.
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So AT, which is about as "in-hold" as it's possible to get with your clothes on, is ballroom then?
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On the tour last year, Vincent and Louisa danced the AT in the ballroom round, so I guess so!
I can't see AT being classed as Latin really - it's clearly ballroom given the (admittedly rather silly) categorisations used. It's in hold and it's progressive. Case closed. |
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So AT, which is about as "in-hold" as it's possible to get with your clothes on, is ballroom then?
In contrast, ballroom tango is definitely ballroom - the hold is maintained throughout the dance. Its character is very different from the other ballroom dances, so I guess that's where the confusion arises. |
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Argentine tango is sort of in-between really, that's why it fits nicely in the semi-final. It's certainly in hold for a large portion, but the hold is less formal / more flexible than the waltz/foxtrot hold, and the hold is broken when the couple does a lift.
Actually, I wonder what (if any) judging criteria are used by the judges in the AT round? Obviously, none of them are qualified to judge it, but I wonder if they're given any guidelines? Probably not - that'd involve actual research and work by the production team. |
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Ah right - didn't know that, thanks.
I can't see AT being classed as Latin really - it's clearly ballroom given the (admittedly rather silly) categorisations used. It's in hold and it's progressive. Case closed. |
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Ballgowns=Ballroom, Tiny outfits made out of Baco Foil=Latin.
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Tango is the least ballroom of the ballroom dances if that makes any sense
but I was told it's the hold that means it's definitely ballroom not latin.
