This network is hosted by LightPages for Global Resonance Network.
You are currently viewing this page as a member of the public, not signed in.
Additional details for Global Resonance Network are available to signed in users.
From: CarolAnn(Tanita) P.
Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 6:55 PM
Subject: The Continental
ID: 263655
Hi Beverly Taber!
Yes, you are right. There was a dance called The Continental. It was a refined, technical version of the Argentine Tango. It is probably the most demanding of all smooth dances to execute.
I believe Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did it in one of their early films. I recall Marge and Gower Champion doing a version of the dance later. But I don't recall it being done in the 50's or 60's? I am sure they still did it at ballroom dance classes and ballroom competitions which you may have seen on television.
