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
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
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: “This is another photograph taken on the occasion of the one shown here as image No: 000055. According to numerous Pinterest appearances of the other photograph, “Viola Dana and Shirley Mason appeared as Mr and Mrs Rodolph Valentino in the Actors’ Fund Benefit Show in Los Angeles
Ray Batchelor writes: “The caricaturist, Georges Gousat, better known as “Sem”, was famous for savagely satirising French society. In 1913, he published Tangoville sur Mer, a book of cartoons based on what he saw (or what he imagined) while on a trip to the fashionable resort at Deauville. In among
Ray Batchelor writes: “This photo is taken from the website “Une Histoire du Tango” created by Dominique Lescarret and was originally published in the French magazine “Femina” February 1914. The text at the foot of the image reads: Un couple charmant : Mlle Eve Lavallière et Spinelly dans une scène
Ray Batchelor writes: “Caption to the original at source: Lesbian Novel, The Clever Young Women, 1927 – BUT According to Julie Nero in her PhD “Hannah Höch, Til Brugman, Lesbianism, and Weimar Culture”…
Ray Batchelor writes: “At the source of this image it says: “Women in various Tango postures. A postcard set by Suzanne Meunier, around 1930.” I am going to guess at some date between 1915-1919. I can only find an image like this of the whole set online, not the individual
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
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