I am indebted to Thomas Keenes for drawing my attention to this striking image. Thomas with Simon Haddock – both London-based – run a well-respected tango discussion forum on Facebook, “The Tango Social Revolutiion“. It is a business card for a woman teacher of “Bailes Modernos de Salón” which includes
A Woman Leading a Man? French Sheet Music, 1913. Ray Batchelor writes: Commercial imagery of women leading other women is commonplace. Commercial Imagery of women leading men is rare, indeed, to date (2 October 2018) this is the only example I have found. This is an illustration taken from French
![Film clip: [Intercambio] Apache Dance in Popeye the Sailor Morning, Noon and Night Club 1937](https://image.queertangobook.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Popeye-1937-1.png)
Ray Batchelor writes: This clip comes from this YouTube cartoon: https://youtu.be/OXPAU5gM-ug Not quite a tango, but its close, Latin cousin (from an early 20th century North American perspective) the so-called “Apache” dance and a companion piece to 00087 “Popeye (almost) Tangos with Bluto, 1934 [still taken from cartoon]” Interestingly, each
Ray Batchelor writes: “You can catch this precise image at 43 minutes 12 seconds or if watch the whole scene from 41 minute 58 seconds in this account of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”: As I wrote in my paper, “Tango teas, trousers and autonomy: images of women dancing
This clip is taken from a longer film found on YouTube: …called “Inéditos ♯8”, that is, number eight in a series of similar films also posted on YouTube. Under this one it reads: “Published on Feb 4, 2014 Ciclo &”cineastas del domingo”: pelicula de cowboys, hecha sobre los años 50
![Popeye [almost] Tangos with Bluto, 1934 [still taken from cartoon]](https://image.queertangobook.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2017-01-19-at-18.05.15-1.png)
Ray Batchelor writes: “Still taken from “Popeye The Sailor Man-Episode No.016 (The Dance Contest) (1934)” found on YouTube, 19th January 2017. Men can dance with each other – as long as long they fight! Popeye tangos with Bluto, 1934 [link to their dance – below] I am researching a paper
Ray Batchelor writes: “At the source for this mage I found this: Γύρω στο 1918 πρόβα Σερραίων στα ταγκό της εποχής. Titre alternatif People fro Serres practicing tango Histoire Γύρω στο 1918 πρόβα Σερραίων στα ταγκό της εποχής. Τοποθεσία «Κιόσκια» ή κατ’ άλλους, Μπέη Μπαξέ. Προσφορά Φοίβου Τουντζή.Το υλικό αυτό
000085 “According to the text accompanying the clip on YouTube: “Catherine Deneuve with Linh Dan Pham, in Indochine (Oscar, Best Foreign Film, 1992) – a story that chronicles the separation between a wealthy French landowner (Catherine Deneuve) and her adopted daughter (Linh Dan Pham) which intertwines with France’s loss of
Ray Batchelor writes: “A clip from the 1937 Laurel and Hardy movie, “Way Out West” in which the Avalon Boys sing “At the Ball, That’s All”. This is the link to clip – be patient… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAmb4dVJAmU One comment left on YouTube (link below) says “August 29th 2016 is the 100th
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