Ray Batchelor writes: “Since this was originally posted, I have found another, shorter, 55 second clip on the Pathé Archive website http://www.britishpathe.com/video/jacks-the-dasant/query/sailors+dancing showing the same scene of dancing, the right way around and with a date – 1922 – and a title sequence which identifies the scene as follows: “Titles
Ray Batchelor writes: “Taken from an article by Walter Nelson and used by him as evidence of historical same sex dancing. http://www.walternelson.com/dr/same-sex-dance No source is given by Nelson for the image so it is impossible to say which dance they are dancing. It could be tango. Andrew David Field writing
Ray Batchelor writes: “Taken from an article by Walter Nelson and used by him as evidence of historical same sex dancing. http://www.walternelson.com/dr/same-sex-dance No source is given by Nelson for the image so it is impossible to say which dance they are dancing. It could be tango. Andrew David Field writing
Ray Batchelor writes: “I KNOW nothing, but the information surrounding it suggests Paris, 1912. I find this interesting because it shows women supporting each other and acquiring tango skills – albeit that in this image, one of the women may have been being paid. http://www.todotango.com/english/history/chronicle/76/Tango-success/” What do you believe the
Ray Batchelor writes: “This is an illustration by A. Morel at the centre of some sheet music for the Villoldo tango ‘Elegancias’ reproduced in the book, ‘Paris Buenos Aires’ by Nardo Zalko and dated there as 1914. A full version of the same cover, dated 1913 and said to be
Ray Batchelor writes, “From US Library of Congress: Tango, Long Beach (LOC), [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Ray Batchelor writes: “This is not an old still image, but a screenshot I made from the short clip on YouTube of the 1930 film recording. It shows De Navas (left) and Gardel (right) chatting to each other just before Gradel sings one of de Navas\’ songs, \"El Carretero\" recoded
Ray Batchelor writes: ” I offer this poster because in the film, there is short sequence – the film is set in the past, the 1900s, perhaps – which shows an ‘organito’ (street organ) being played in the street, and two men then dancing, or practicing steps with each other
Ray Batchelor writes: “From the website of Marseillestango.fr a page devoted to “Le Tango, à l’origine, se dansait-il entre hommes ?” Once again, the reason for offering this image in this context is not that we can prove they are dancing tango, but that the image is used in the
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