please help me

[jasmirish]

i have two assignments for our dance sport class... i'm sorry if i sound so stupid, but i really have no idea regarding these... :doh:

1. history of how and when maxise became popular to europe
= i'm having a hard time searching for it 'cause the search engine keeps on saying "do you mean maxine"... and i don't even have an idea.

2. the origin of carioca
= have to research about the dance and its history/origin...

please help me if you have the time... :cry: i would really appreciate it. i'm not actually new here since i browse this site once in a while... :bouncy: but it's my first time to register here since i'm desperate for help. sorry... but thank you if you'd help.... :friend:

[dbk]

I don't know much about dance history, unfortunately :(

But my suggestion is to go to your local library and ask for a reference librarian - it's their job to help you find things.

[ChaChaMama]

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http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/maxixe.htm

(I think this is a permissible link since I do not think it is selling anything.)

[Warren J. Dew]

1. history of how and when maxise became popular to europe
= i'm having a hard time searching for it 'cause the search engine keeps on saying "do you mean maxine"... and i don't even have an idea.

Try searching on "maxixe", with two "x"s.

[ChaChaMama]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxixe_(dance)

http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-6460526/The-disappearing-dance-maxixe-s.html
(Page down a bit)

http://detango.hyves.nl/blog/8487256/A_brief_History_about_The_Forbidden_Dance/nEoW/

[SDsalsaguy]

http://socialdance.stanford.edu/syllabi/maxixe.htm

(I think this is a permissible link since I do not think it is selling anything.)
Exactly. Informational links that are in no way commercial or self-promoting are fine. :)

[piimapoika]

Vernon Castle devotes 23 pages, including quite a lot of photographs, to the Maxixe, or "Tango Bresilienne", in his "Modern Dancing" of 1914. He describes it as "the latest modern dance", and after some discussion about the correct pronounciation, says "the dance, which is the main thing, is beautiful, and like most beautiful dances, requires a considerable amount of grace. The steps themselves are not difficult; on the contrary, they are childishly simple; it is the easiest dance of all to do, and I think the hardest to do well." He then goes on to describe the steps. I could scan the chapter if you are interested.

PJS Richardson in "The History of English Ballroom Dancing" of 1946, hardly mentions the Maxixe, so clearly does not regard it as important. When discussing sequence dances, he says "the maxina, invented by Mr Hurndall of London, based on the maxixe, made its appearance at the end of the period under discussion [1910-1914] and achieved a temporary success owing to its fascinating music". Later "the samba is the modern version of the Brazilian maxixe which was danced before the first world war and had been popular in South America for many years."

A well-known "Brazilian tango" is "Apanhe-te, Cavaquinho" by Ernesto Nazareth. It's one of those tunes that everybody knows, even if they don't know what it's called. Another is "La Machiche" (sorry I don't know the composer) which was very popular in the 1950s. Childen used to sing "Chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chewing gum, how I love chewing gum, I'm crazy over chewing gum . . ." It was a theme tune to (I think) the 1956 version of "Round the World in 80 Days".

[jasmirish]

I don't know much about dance history, unfortunately :(

But my suggestion is to go to your local library and ask for a reference librarian - it's their job to help you find things.

i'm kind of shy asking our librarian because everytime i talk to her, it seems that i'm wasting her precious time... but thanks though! :)

[jasmirish]

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oh that is sooooo helpful! thanks a lot!!! really! :o :notworth: thank you so much!

[jasmirish]

i would like to thank all of you for helping me... that means a lot... i knew i came to the right place... thank you very much!!!

[jasmirish]

Vernon Castle devotes 23 pages, including quite a lot of photographs, to the Maxixe, or "Tango Bresilienne", in his "Modern Dancing" of 1914. He describes it as "the latest modern dance", and after some discussion about the correct pronounciation, says "the dance, which is the main thing, is beautiful, and like most beautiful dances, requires a considerable amount of grace. The steps themselves are not difficult; on the contrary, they are childishly simple; it is the easiest dance of all to do, and I think the hardest to do well." He then goes on to describe the steps. I could scan the chapter if you are interested.

PJS Richardson in "The History of English Ballroom Dancing" of 1946, hardly mentions the Maxixe, so clearly does not regard it as important. When discussing sequence dances, he says "the maxina, invented by Mr Hurndall of London, based on the maxixe, made its appearance at the end of the period under discussion [1910-1914] and achieved a temporary success owing to its fascinating music". Later "the samba is the modern version of the Brazilian maxixe which was danced before the first world war and had been popular in South America for many years."

A well-known "Brazilian tango" is "Apanhe-te, Cavaquinho" by Ernesto Nazareth. It's one of those tunes that everybody knows, even if they don't know what it's called. Another is "La Machiche" (sorry I don't know the composer) which was very popular in the 1950s. Childen used to sing "Chew-chew-chew-chew-chew-chewing gum, how I love chewing gum, I'm crazy over chewing gum . . ." It was a theme tune to (I think) the 1956 version of "Round the World in 80 Days".

wow... all of you are so nice... thank you so much... :eek: :D

[Standarddancer]

jasmirish, are you in USA? sounds like you are attending dancesport university. Just curious, since I've never heard of any dancesport university in States.