"Carreras and Perez chanted the refrain in spirited Afro-cuban fashion. The moment was charged with salanc, the Catalan word for "swing." Shoulders strted swaying. A man drummed the tabletop. A youth smacked his thighs. The music had once again demonstrated the power of habanera to jump oceans, to jump cultures, and to call, with its beat, distant peoples together.
Catalonia is a time machine. It takes us back to Buenos Aires in the second half of the neineteenth century, when habanera attracted sharp dancers to the floor. Many were Afro-Argentine. They improvised. Some of their steps came from candombe. They called the new blend the milonga."
R.F. Thompson, "Tango The Art History of Love", p. 120
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