European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine May i have this tango by Daniel Drosdoff United press International the tango Boom in the United states an Europe has reverberated Back to Argentina where ii was born and where at limes i was in danger of fading into oblivion As dance lorm. Tango dance Halls known As Milonas named Aller the Lively Ilonga rhythm thai is related to the tango Are an the upswing in Buenos Aires. The sensual music with its sad nostalgic lyrics Are flooding the radio air Waves and making headway into television Heaters and nightclubs Are pulling up billboards with titles 16 la tango Veinte tangos Twenty tango Buenos Aires y Al tango Buenos Aires and the Tang and a Todo tango tango All the Way. The tango never died in Argentina alter the rhythm was bom in the City s slums and bordello at the turn of the Century but like jazz in the United states it has had its  and Downs especially the dance those who keep the dance alive by frequenting the City s Mii ongas estimated at about 50, Are mostly Middle aged argentines who remember the heyday tango years of the 1940s and 50s. Following do Boom of those decades the tango receded rapidly As a dance form in the face of Rock n Roll preferred by the generation of the 1960s. Tango remained a popular listening item but younger dancers defected against a dance form previously taught trom generation to generation. Rock n Roll and tropical music was easier to learn with Freer styles and looser self expression. They still dominate the discotheques. Many observers say the recent tango revival in Buenos Aires is an off shoot of the Success of tangos argentines on Broadway and in other . Cities and linked to a revival of interest i Europe. Japan and other countries of latin America. The solid bookings of the All Argentine tangos Ara Ntinos in new York earlier this year and a visit by its stars to the White House was played up by the Media in a big Way in Buenos Aires. That mad a lot of argentines think it was time to pay More attention to the Home grown musical tradition instead of taking it for granted. Everybody knows that if the United states accepts something in has to be Good says Carlos Canale manager of Tacone Ando a leading tango night club for tourists and Well heeled argentines. Canale and other managers of nightclubs and Milonas catering to both foreigners and argentines have recently brought in tango instructors to accommodate demand. The popular Large dance Hall social Riva Davia in the flares District has been offering a steady diet of tango interspersed with tropical melodies and big band music four nights a week for the past two years with . Up to 1,300 persons dancing on a single night. Highly structured sensual and formal tango dancing places a Premium on know How and technique a beginner usually needs three or tour lessons and some practice before taking to Iho floor Trie male must give term signals with his right hand on the lady s Back on when and where to Glide into a variation of the Basic step. Especially difficult for some beginners Are the Ochos in which the woman dances a series of pirouettes. The male stands still during this variation but Liming and giving the right signal to begin and end the Ocho Are Tricky. Still another step consists of a straight walk in which the male is supposed to lurch his shoulder slightly in he opposite direction of his foot imitating the walk of a com Adrito neighbourhood Tough of the 1920s. At a Gitonga a woman won t agree to dance with you until she s seen you dance first says Claudio Lidinsky a 27-year-old self taught professional dancer and instructor who Learned the tango by diving regularly into Milonas since the age of 14. You Don t ask her to dance directly. You watch her and give her a cabe ceo nod of the head. Then you walk near her table and wait. Ii she gets up the dance is  Enrique Luis Romano 47, a professional dancer at �1 Viejo Almacen a top of the line Buenos Aires nightclub for tango listening that caters to tourists says the problem with the Argentine is that if he does t do something Well he is ashamed to try it. He does t like to dance the tango because he is afraid people will make fun of  Romano and his wife Norma Beatriz Alono form a duo called los de Cobre and say they have been getting additional contract offers from abroad since the touring Success of the tangos argentines show. They and other experts say the National tango revival comes at a moment when there Are Only a handful of lop professional dancers remaining in Buenos Aires to carry the Torch. There Are about 10 first line tango dancing couples in Buenos Aires and seven of these Ara now Louring abroad with tangos argentines " Romano says. The stars and stripes Page 13