On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Alexis Cousein a...@sgi.com wrote:
Perhaps in your neck of the woods you can see a correlation
and people use nuevo as a sorry excuse (i.e. claim freeedom
to stand on their rights by sitting on those of others)
but I don't think you see the same thing at, say
Valerie says:
Consider for a minute anyone you know who behaves responsibly. Did he
or she learn etiquette from a teacher? Probably not. Polite people
seem to come pre-packaged..
Probably did. The teacher is usually a parent.
The people with no navigation skills, watching their
Sandhill Crane wrote:
There are crappy dancers who dance salon or confiteria
styles but they are recognized as crappy by all and sundry.
What sets the tango nuevo crowd apart is that brutalizing
the music, and the ronda, is considered admirable.
You're making my point once again: someone who
On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 6:58 PM, Tango22 tang...@gmail.com wrote:
It is always a reflection of poor teaching. Teachers
absolutely MUST take responsibility for teaching responsible behaviour
and etiquette at the social dance.
I think tango horrors are not so much a reflection of poor teaching
Tango22 wrote:
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In my experience, it is a problem everywhere Sharhrukh. An enjoyable
evening will quickly turn cold for me when couples are travelling in
the wrong direction, colliding because they are not looking where
they are going, kicking other couples, dancing
tony parkes macroma...@gmail.com said:
last sunday night at porteno y bailarin there was a large young crowd
so both floors had a large proportion of couples dancing nuevo. there
were no physical conflicts,
And last night at El Beso there was a large crowd of all ages (as is
usually the
There is a simple solution to this endless discussion of “them” taking up
too much floor space.
Think about what you said “avoid them and give them exactly what they want
…floor space” Why would you give in to exactly what they want?
“We “ the traditional dancers with superior floor craft
danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines
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There is a simple solution to this endless
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From: Michael tangoman...@cavtel.net
She was stabbed in her ankle by a high boleo.
Don't mean to be picky, but how can somebody be stabbed in the ankle by a high
boleo?
Jack
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Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Abusing the available space (reply pt.2)
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From: Michael tangoman...@cavtel.net
She was stabbed in her ankle by a high boleo.
Don't mean to be picky, but how can somebody be stabbed in the ankle by a
high boleo?
Jack
Brian Dunn brianpd...@earthlink.net said:
At some of these traditional milongas, I have seen younger or
relatively more energetic dancers in the middle of the ronda making more
complete use of the available space not used by the dense outer ronda. They
generally dance WITHOUT causing
i find this all very analytical
last sunday night at porteno y bailarin there was a large young crowd
so both floors had a large proportion of couples dancing nuevo. there
were no physical conflicts, but i for one was emotionally put off by
their dancing with a different energy, a different
tony parkes wrote:
when moreno sang rodriguez's llorar por la
mujer there was no connection by the nuevosists to the lyrics, it
could have been jingle bells.
Once again, that's not nuevo. That's simply bad dancing (and
unfortunately, dancing that appears to be danced to an imaginary
fat nubian
It really comes across as nothing more than rationalization to abuse the
space, overuse ones fair share of the available space and blame any
problems it causes on others (or perhaps just deny that it causes any).
You should really find the person who's saying all these things, and take it
up
--- On Thu, 12/24/09, Alexis Cousein a...@sgi.com wrote:
tony parkes wrote:
when moreno sang rodriguez's llorar por la
mujer there was no connection by the nuevosists to the
lyrics, it could have been jingle bells.
Once again, that's not nuevo. That's simply bad dancing
Oh, I don't
--- On Fri, 12/25/09, Brian Dunn brianpd...@earthlink.net wrote:
Yes, there are unskilled dancers in all our tango lives
- do you think I'm defending their lack of skill?
The argument isn't about unskilled dancers; it's obvious
on all sides that they need more practice or experience
or
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