Re: [Tango-L] The Sound of the Music

2015-04-21 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
We loved having you in Pittsburgh, Keith. Keith, BTW, was scheduled to DJ two milongas, but wound up doing three. No music was repeated and everyone I talked to loved his dj'ing and the quality of music. He gave some interesting ideas at the dj'ing workshop. The locals who attended have

Re: [Tango-L] Email or FB?

2015-04-09 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I understand people's concern over FB. I also know people who refused to leave messages on answering machines when they became popular. Dance groups used to mail out fliers, but none in our area do now as it wasn't cost effective. Postcards with a website address has replaced fliers with all

Re: [Tango-L] Email or FB?

2015-04-09 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
On Thu, 4/9/15, robert-b missingl...@cloud9.net wrote: Also, most of the people I meet through tango (with a few exceptions) aren’t all that interested in discussing tango. I have my own blog and I’m often surprised at the lack of feedback or simple lack of interest on the part of many

[Tango-L] Sergio Suppa passes away

2015-04-08 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
At the end of February, a dear friend to this list and the tango world, Sergio Suppa of Erie, unexpectedly passed away in Argentina at his sister's home. Sergio started the Erie tango community and would often come to Pittsburgh to support our events in our early years. Tall, handsome, and

[Tango-L] certified teaching certificate

2013-04-09 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi all, Anyone know what's up with this Certified Tango Teacher certificate that I've seen promoted here or there?  Thankfully, not in my area. Trini de Pittsburgh ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu

[Tango-L] Radio Tango Pittsburgh - Ladas interview

2012-12-10 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
A new radio show, Radio Tango Pittsburgh, has debuted in Pittsburgh in recent weeks on Mondays 3-4pm Eastern Time.  You can also stream it online.  This week's show will feature an interview with Homer Cristina Ladas during their recent visit.  They had some interesting experiences to share. 

[Tango-L] Which band is interpreting this tango?

2012-10-27 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi Listeros, Can anyone identify which orchestra is playing this version of Caricias?   It's not the D'Agostino/Vargas version.  It sounds post-Golden Age to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-Bt75u30w Thanks, Trini de Pittsburgh ___ Tango-L

Re: [Tango-L] Which band is interpreting this tango?

2012-10-27 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
this tango? To: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) patan...@yahoo.com Cc: Tango-L Tango-L@mit.edu Date: Saturday, October 27, 2012, 12:03 PM Hi Trini,it's Caricias Hugo Duval ( one of Biagi's singers) after Biagi, he did few albums with the some of Biagi musicians keeping the Biagi style, this song is from

Re: [Tango-L] The state of nuevo music

2012-09-26 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
My experience is that most people consider the visual foremost, rather than the auditory.  In other words, does it look like fun?  Some may volunteer that they don't like the music, but that's not that often.  As for using non-tango music for performances, I'll only do so to entertain people

Re: [Tango-L] chacarera skirts

2012-04-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I think it's fine if the guys wear jeans.  I'm not interested in recreating a historical event.  But women like wearing fun flowy skirts, so I'm interested in creating an updated look that the women will enjoy showing off.  The guys don't care about their clothes, they just want the women to

[Tango-L] chacarera skirts

2012-04-04 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hola listeros! We've (finally) learned the chacarera here as a community and recently had one of the university clubs demonstrate it at a Latin festival.  Although the women had long skirts, I would like to either find or make fuller skirts to really make the dance shine for future demos.  I

Re: [Tango-L] short film of tango

2012-02-19 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Thank you, Christian.   A charming and well-done film. Trini   --- On Sun, 2/19/12, Christian Lüthen christian.luet...@gmx.net wrote: From: Christian Lüthen christian.luet...@gmx.net Subject: [Tango-L] short film of tango To: tango-l@mit.edu Date: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 11:37 AM Take ten

Re: [Tango-L] jeremike

2012-01-28 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I think someone's computer has a virus.  I don't think it was an intentional spam. Trini   --- On Sun, 1/29/12, k...@aol.com k...@aol.com wrote: From: k...@aol.com k...@aol.com Subject: Re: [Tango-L] jeremike To: tangofant...@aol.com Cc: tango-l@mit.edu Date: Sunday, January 29, 2012, 12:30 AM

Re: [Tango-L] Tango, Social Media

2012-01-02 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Thu, 12/29/11, kace ong kace...@gmail.com wrote: Of course a lot of the chatter has definitely moved into local sites that serve regional communities;  that is traditionally why Tango-A was spun out from Tango-L.   But Tango-L is a forum for deeper, more universal topics, a place for Q

Re: [Tango-L] The size and reach of Tango

2011-12-23 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Fri, 12/9/11, kace ong kace...@gmail.com wrote: Nowadays, the number of online tango resources has exploded, but not the quality nor the reach.  The diffused nature of these sites means there is not as much interesting nor information-dense threads as before. I would like to ask the

Re: [Tango-L] Pugliese, sound

2011-11-22 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Thanks, everyone, for your comments and suggestions. I think Keith is right about Pugliese can be heaven at the right time.  And I think part of my job as a DJ and community organizer is to create those right times, rather than just hope that they happen. I like Robert's idea of adding a less

[Tango-L] Pugliese, sound

2011-11-21 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi all, Just of couple of observations questions.  1)  I'm trying to play more Pugliese at milongas.  Usually I construct 4 song tandas, but I'm finding with Pugliese that I can only take his more intense songs at only 3 per tanda.  Anyone else finding the same thing? 2)  I'm still not

Re: [Tango-L] Tango Meccas (WAS Re: Seminar review)

2011-10-11 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
The Argentines in my city all learned tango in the States. Some have hosted milongas. They have danced in BsAs, but I've never heard them complain about the milongas here after they've returned. Maybe because their friends are here. Maybe those BsAs teachers just don't have friends in the

Re: [Tango-L] milonga walking tempo versus tango

2011-10-01 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Depends on the milonga, Robert. Dance to some and you really only feel like walking on the ONE. I like to think of milonga as having more beats that you can play with than tango, but the speed of it isn't really any faster, at least for a dancer, for the most part. --- On Sat, 10/1/11,

Re: [Tango-L] Report on the Tango Festival Mundial Buenos Aires 2011

2011-08-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Wow. Thanks for the informative report. It sounds like incorporating this time of year would be a good idea for a trip. I'm at the point where I'm more interested in the music than the dancing since I'm pretty settled in my own dancing. Trini de Pittsburgh --- On Fri, 8/19/11, Shahrukh

Re: [Tango-L] Tango Festivals

2011-07-29 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Fri, 7/29/11, Tom Stermitz sterm...@tango.org wrote: The term festival might be a marketing angle or wishful thinking on  the part of the organizer. Two pairs of teachers without a cast of  nationally-known DJs is more like a workshop weekend, even if you  have 20 out-of-town visitors.

Re: [Tango-L] why music

2011-07-10 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Secondary Yahoo johnc...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: [Tango-L] why music To: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) patan...@yahoo.com Cc: Tango-L Tango-L@mit.edu Date: Sunday, July 10, 2011, 5:50 PM Well... Now multiplication tables and dancing tango are one of the same. Learning styles asides

Re: [Tango-L] Getting tango lessons to the needy

2011-07-05 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Tue, 7/5/11, Chris, UK t...@chrisjj.com wrote: I note this list of the points that most people can judge themselves doesn't include being able to dance to the music. Correct. The average social dancer thinks that just being on the beat is dancing to the music. In my

Re: [Tango-L] Getting tango lessons to the needy

2011-07-05 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Tue, 7/5/11, Alexis Cousein a...@sgi.com wrote: I know some teachers will use an obvious entry that's 5 counts long to get into e.g. a right hand side cross system and may want to bolt on an exit that's also quite long to get back into the LOD Yes, and a teacher would do that for an

Re: [Tango-L] Getting tango lessons to the needy

2011-07-05 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Tue, 7/5/11, Alexis Cousein a...@sgi.com wrote: Or is that you need to be able to... another way of saying that to do the advanced class you simply need to be a splicing and reassembler expert who recognizes splice sites, who can see the forest for the trees even in a long sequence?

Re: [Tango-L] Getting tango lessons to the needy

2011-07-04 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Fri, 7/1/11, Sergey Kazachenko syarz...@gmail.com wrote: How would you draw the distinction between intermediate and advanced? What requirements do you put up? Sergey Defining “advanced” for the purposes of workshops or classes isn’t as difficult as it seems. Few people become

Re: [Tango-L] Getting tango lessons to the needy

2011-07-01 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Tue, 6/28/11, Lois Donnay don...@donnay.net wrote: Despite reciting the mantra Beginners go to Int., Int. go to advanced, Advanced go to beginners they just can't bring themselves to show up at a beginner class.  There they are at advanced workshops, learning back secadas and single axis

Re: [Tango-L] Men's strategies (3)

2011-06-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi Sherrie, I don't think it was Steve that was contradicting you.  I believe he only shared his personal experiences.  I am also surprised that yours and Nancy's experiences are being pooh-poohed, as if with the hundreds of male dancers in BsAs have only one way of asking a woman to dance and

Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango

2011-06-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Thu, 6/9/11, Alexis Cousein a...@sgi.com wrote: On 09/06/2011 10:22, johnofbris...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Yes I see what you mean, but my understanding is that Ballroom and Argentine tango were the same thing a century ago, and have developed in different directions. That's not how I

Re: [Tango-L] Interesting Tango Listing

2011-06-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I'm with Huck. If I want to work on my milonga, I want a workshop that says milonga. Same for musicality workshops. I think titles gives people different things to think about before the workshops so that they can be better prepared for the workshop themselves. There are times when the

Re: [Tango-L] The spread of tango

2011-06-12 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
So, I was thinking that after the initial introduction in Europe, Argentine tango lost its appeal after WWII and may have died out in most countries (and changed to something else in Finland). Basically, mirroring the trend in Argentina. It didn't pick up again until Tango Argentino played in

[Tango-L] The spread of tango

2011-06-05 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hola listeros, I'm curious to know from those in European and Asian countries, who or what specially popularized tango in your country.  I know that Tango Argentino broke ground in France and went to Broadway, but it was Daniel Trenner who really made it take off in the U.S, planting tango

Re: [Tango-L] Building the Myth

2011-06-04 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Interesting article.  Lapadula often uses the term club style to describe his tango, nor is he the first to use that term.  I don't know that ‘tango estilo del centro can be considered a direct translation.  My take is that the difference between his style and Estilo Villa Urquiza is that the

Re: [Tango-L] Tango 'Al Reves'

2011-05-27 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I just happen to have gotten an email today about a book by Gustavo Benzecry Sabá on tango dance terms (prefaces by Juan Carlos Copes and Gavito).  Here's a page from the book with the al reves position.

Re: [Tango-L] Advice from a 3 1/2 yr old.

2011-04-27 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 4/27/11, Sharon Pedersen sharon.peder...@gmail.com wrote: Early on in my tango dancing life, I usually felt out of balance when dancing.  I had one fantastic dance with someone, in which I felt fabulously balanced and did all sorts of fast stuff.  I'm not sure exactly how he

Re: [Tango-L] What to do with a carpeted floor?

2011-04-26 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I'd say vinyl over 1/2 plywood.  You could use different thicknesses of plywood, but you'd need to trade off sturdiness with portability. Trini --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Sergey Kazachenko syarz...@gmail.com wrote: I am about to move to a new place, and it, sadly, has a carpeted floor. What can

Re: [Tango-L] Better? Worse? Just different.

2011-04-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 4/20/11, Brick Robbins br...@brickrobbins.com wrote: From: Jack Dylan jackdylan...@yahoo.com And what you were told is correct; there are no 'wraps' in Traditional Tango. So anyone who dances  wraps in their tango, no matter the shape of the embrace, is not dancing traditional

Re: [Tango-L] Better? Worse? Just different.

2011-04-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
  --- On Mon, 4/18/11, Jack Dylan jackdylan...@yahoo.com wrote: I can't help but disagree with this, especially when it's supported by a comment from the superficial world of fashion - IMO, nothing has less in common with Tango. Actually, Jack, women's fashion has more of an effect on

[Tango-L] tango movement

2011-04-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Let's look at tango movement for a moment. There are some things I've noticed about tango that I've not seen in other dances, such as: - walking in crossed feet - the cross - ganchos, leg wraps, sacadas - a seeming immobility of the upper body I've seen ocho movements being done in other Latin

Re: [Tango-L] Better? Worse? Just different.

2011-04-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Myk Dowling poli...@gmail.com wrote: Most of my hobby/entertainment choices involve traditional things. Trad folk music, traditional archery, historical reenactment, contra dancing, ... There are many, many people around the world who don't consider traditional to

Re: [Tango-L] Better? Worse? Just different.

2011-04-15 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I'm still not seeing the extinction or obliteration of tango.  Alberto says there were only 40 people dancing classic tango.  I'm pretty sure there are way more than 40 today. Arabian horses are still around, correct? Tango music has been changing since the 1940's.  I've heard new music

Re: [Tango-L] Better? Worse? Just different.

2011-04-15 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
  --- On Fri, 4/15/11, Myk Dowling poli...@gmail.com wrote:  I see new students learning tango, some of whom want to go the nuevo route and some of whom want the traditional style. I think part of this fear of extinction by some is how one describes the older style of tango. I prefer to use

Re: [Tango-L] tango to rap

2011-04-12 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Thu, 4/7/11, JOHN WROBLEWSKI nrj.spar...@prodigy.net wrote: Vince; I agree with you. This ad is not tango. By the very definition a tango is a tango because of the tango music. The question is can there exist a tango dance without tango music and the answer is no. And if a tango

Re: [Tango-L] tango to rap

2011-04-12 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I can accept the hypothesis that you can dance any type of step to tango music and legitimately call it tango, but I can't accept that dancing the same steps to any other music, can be called tango. Are you referring an any individual step or a series of steps? I would tend to agree

[Tango-L] Maria de Buenos Aires

2011-04-09 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi listeros, If anyone is visiting my neck of the woods in Southwestern Pennsylvania, I recommend checking out a new production of Piazzolla's operita Maria de Buenos Aires. It's playing here until April 17, and has gotten good reviews by both newspaper critics and local tangueros. Ben

Re: [Tango-L] tango to rap

2011-04-03 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Firstly, it's extremely rude to publish a post that is intended as a personal reply.  Such an act says just as much about the poster than the replier. Secondly, I thought the ad was pretty cool for the audience I presume they were trying to reach, which are not old farts.  I liked that they

Re: [Tango-L] tango to rap

2011-04-03 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
From: Charles Roques c.roq...@mchsi.com Dancing traditional or nuevo (or well) has little to do with age. Exactly, which is why I used the term old farts, which implies a certain mindset. Nor was nothing wrong with their form or technique. It was well-executed show tango. Trini de

Re: [Tango-L] The Australian context for copyright in Original Tango Music

2011-02-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Interesting. So does this mean that if a music student does a recital of Libertango in order to graduate, he must have a license to perform it (which I would guess would be handled by the school)? Would public performance include anything outside of the home, regardless of whether money is

[Tango-L] copyrights and public good

2011-02-16 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I recently learned that a local chain won a lawsuit allowing it to broadcast radio tunes to its patrons. It's unclear whether it's still allowed. But I found the implications about copyrights and the public good interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twentieth_Century_Music_Corp._v._Aiken

Re: [Tango-L] Proportions

2011-02-08 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
On 2/8/2011 1:31 PM, Charles Roques wrote:    I think the first requirement for a good DJ is being able to dance well so that whatever you play connects with you for its danceability (and of course a sensitivity to the crowd's response) and the second is having a good selection of songs.

Re: [Tango-L] Truth in stereotypes

2011-02-02 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Quite correct, Huck.  Many of my posts and queries generate a good deal of discussion, so I'm not inclined to say that posts by women are ignored.  I would think that discussion is based on content, not on the gender of the poster.  If someone feels their post is being ignored, then I would

Re: [Tango-L] invitation

2011-02-02 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 2/2/11, sherp...@aol.com sherp...@aol.com wrote: what i said initially ,which was never met with a rejoinder(an answer to a reply) was this:  the man creates a space that invites the woman to move into, not pushing or shoving, but inviting  as gavito said, the lead moves the woman

Re: [Tango-L] Would you buy tango music if..........

2011-01-25 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Around here, the rule is if the event is free, the DJ does not get paid.  If an entry fee is required, the DJ gets paid.  Sometimes it's just a nominal amount or is based on the take.  Paying the DJ not only shows appreciation for his/her work but also professionalizes it. It sounds to me

Re: [Tango-L] Navigation

2011-01-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Nice post, Ron.  Daniel Trenner is the only teacher I've had in recent memory to teach this navigation in beginning classes.  One teacher here has incorporated it into his beginning classes, but it's too early to tell what effect that has on those students' introduction into the community,

Re: [Tango-L] Primiordal?

2011-01-11 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Mario, Are you addressing specifically on the dance floor at a milonga or in general?  If you're referring to being on the dance floor at a milonga, I've seen women teaching, also, though not as much.  Women, I think, tend to ask for more feedback than men.  When I correct teaching going on at

Re: [Tango-L] Type-A Tango Salon or Show ?

2010-12-25 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I propose a different way of classifying salon or show tango - looking at what the woman is doing.  Is she the one being shown off?  Are her ornaments dominating the dance?  I know when I perform, my ornaments are bigger.  My partner allows me to make them bigger or encourages it.  When I'm

Re: [Tango-L] Right hand lead?

2010-11-22 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I've been the victim of that many times.  It's rather unpleasant.  It was still being taught in the 90's, but I'm glad that it's gone out of fashion. It's useful to remember that the women way back when didn't take classes like the women today.  The attitude of the man was that the women didn't

Re: [Tango-L] Leading with the right hand

2010-11-22 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Sergio is quite right about various ways of leading.  But the pleasantness/unpleasantness of the sensation and whether it is appropriate or not is best gauged by the woman.  For example, a woman who moves like a piece of furniture might like a right hand lead.  A woman who moves like an Italian

Re: [Tango-L] Burlesque clip

2010-11-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
...@earthnet.net Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Burlesque clip Actually, this is not a tango rhythmically, but a rumba. :)  Common mistake...  Rumba rhythm can be played to hint tango, but it is still a rumba. - Original Message - From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) patan...@yahoo.com Subject: [Tango-L

[Tango-L] Burlesque clip

2010-11-19 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
This came as a nice surprise.  Some tango in the new Burlesque movie with Cher.  Check it out. http://www.daemonsmovies.com/2010/11/13/burlesque-movie-clip-with-cher/ ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu

Re: [Tango-L] Lookign for a song

2010-10-29 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Dude, no need for the attitude for someone's simple question. It's just tango. --- On Fri, 10/29/10, Sergey Kazachenko syarz...@gmail.com wrote: That wasn't hard, was it? ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu

[Tango-L] Male / Female - Defining the different roles.

2010-10-29 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Fri, 10/29/10, Jack Dylan jackdylan...@yahoo.com wrote: Sean, you may well be right but I'd like to hear more about your views. Jack also wrote: The man is the leader and must surely take responsibility for the dance. Sean replies: I normally don't attempt to lead the woman. I dance,

Re: [Tango-L] Male / Female - Defining the different roles.

2010-10-28 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Mario sopel...@yahoo.com wrote: One of the differences in roles that most impresses me is how the man is responsible for the dance itself. That is; he sets the cadence the movements the vital feel of the dance. Sean Here: This is the man's archetypal fantasy of tango. It is so important, that

Re: [Tango-L] Male / Female defining the roles

2010-10-23 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Well, Mario, that's certainly a perspective we haven't covered in depth on this list, have we? I actually agree with you, with the exception of what happens between really good friends. Most men I know would prefer to ask, in part, I'm sure, because women are usually terrible at accepting

Re: [Tango-L] Cabaceo SAYING NO

2010-10-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Trini, here. --- On Tue, 10/19/10, Balazs Gyenis gy...@hps.elte.hu wrote: . This made me think about how they could handle the problem and tried to come up with a solution which (a) could plausibly reduce refusal stress, Stress is a result of feeling a lack of control. Give a person a sense

Re: [Tango-L] Cabaceo SAYING NO

2010-10-19 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Sean here. I should know better, but here are a few of my thoughts on the subject. --- Patricia Katz wrote: I see many leaders with very good potential stay at a level that is below their ability; these leaders don't take workshops or privates when very good teachers are in town. It seems most

[Tango-L] cabeceo

2010-10-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Let’s recap a little. Balazs asked for advice concerning a card and how to introduce the cabeceo into a difficult environment. I think we’ve established that using the card as originally presented pretty much sucks. However, organizers using it on a table would make it acceptable. We have

Re: [Tango-L] cabeceo

2010-10-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Mon, 10/18/10, Balazs Gyenis gy...@hps.elte.hu wrote: (I'm a bit confused to hear, though, that on one hand followers need to grow up to deal with social pressure and on the other hand they can't be expected to follow a policy.) Just giving a reality check. I should also point out

Re: [Tango-L] introducing the cabeceo (card)

2010-10-17 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Balazs, please feel free to share this post with your tanguera friend(s). The real issue, here, is that your friend doesn’t seem to respect herself to tell a man “no”. Argentine tangueras do not use the cabeceo to hide behind. They are aggressive in using it. Many men have told me that they

Re: [Tango-L] introducing the cabeceo (card)

2010-10-17 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
At end of the day, it's still my responsibility as a parent to get my kids educated, regardless of the environment. People can look at environmental issues as challenges to overcome. People have come from difficult backgrounds to rise about environmental difficulties. Trini de Pittsburgh

Re: [Tango-L] Fwd: introducing the cabeceo (card)

2010-10-16 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
It doesn't take years of experience or a certain reputation to suggest a man wait until the music starts before accepting a tanda. It's usually just that the man hasn't thought about it. He's accustomed to either yes or no, not maybe. If he gets the same let's hear the music first from

Re: [Tango-L] introducing the cabeceo (card)

2010-10-16 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Excellent post, Tine.  And accurate, based on my observations. Trini de Pittsburgh   ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l

Re: [Tango-L] Forever Tango on DWTS - video

2010-10-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Here's the video of last night's performance.  They really wowed the crowd.  Stage tango, but they did show some nice turns.  I'm guessing the blond was Cheryl.  Her posture wasn't as good as the others.  The death drop looked out of place, but Juan Victoria's finish was impressive.

Re: [Tango-L] introducing the cabeceo (card)

2010-10-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Sounds like an unnecessary waste of paper and a way of making the cabeceo seem more exotic than it really is.  Why doesn't the woman just tell the man after the tanda?  The good leaders will also tell you that it's often the women who need to be handed the cards.  I suppose she could always put

Re: [Tango-L] forever tango on DWTS, someone who thinks like me

2010-10-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
It's a show. C'mon! Sean has a nice way of explaining it. If you watch ER on TV, you know perfectly well that the actors are not real doctors or nurses or patients. They convey or represent what real doctors or nurses or patients do/think/feel. Show dancers do the same thing. They

Re: [Tango-L] Forever Tango on DWTS

2010-10-12 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Forever Tango is an ensemble piece, so Cheryl (who I haven't seen) is probably in just a couple of dances.  Maybe subbing in for one of the women.  From what I've seen of rehearsal photos, Juan Victoria will be reprising their finale (the death drop and slide to the bandoneon) as part of the

[Tango-L] Forever Tango on DWTS

2010-10-11 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the cast of Forever Tango is going to be on Dancing with the Stars, 9pm.  The promo I read says that Cheryl Burke from the show will be performing with the cast.  I usually don't watch this show, but it could be interesting this week. Trini de Pittsburgh

Re: [Tango-L] floor craft -2

2010-10-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 10/6/10, Mario sopel...@yahoo.com wrote: However, it can  happen that the slow couple’s leader is insensitive to the situation and  does not make way for those behind. What is the leader of the couple  behind to do, as he cannot touch him or tell him vocally to move out of 

Re: [Tango-L] the fear of close embrace

2010-09-22 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I agree with Jeff. It seems that there is a lot of projection going on in this thread, some of which may be accurate. A sense of judgement seems to underlie this discussion, as if one is better than the other. That doesn't help anything. It is what it is. There are some people who only

Re: [Tango-L] Basics

2010-09-21 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
In this case, they were still freezing when I was just leading regular molinetes. Freezing without spiraling out of the gancho. Voguing. I had to tell them all they they were still responsible for dancing to the music themselves. When I got them to just dance without thinking about doing

[Tango-L] swayback

2010-09-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Beginning followers often begin with a swayback posture that needs to be corrected. Sometimes when they are told that they need to take a longer step, they interpret that as taking a long step down the dance floor, so a swayback is their natural response to taking a long step. However, they

Re: [Tango-L] Basics

2010-09-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Well, Huck, after the workshop I attended yesterday, Sunday, as a leader, the primary basic I had in mind was just for people to friggin' MOVE. It was an advanced workshop on ganchos and the followers all had the same problem of freezing as if they were deer in the headlights. Every single

Re: [Tango-L] the fear of close embrace

2010-09-17 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Your shampoo not working for you?  Try Pantene. :o  I would think wearing a hat would cause one to unconsciously tighten the muscles in the neck, which would inhibit the spiraling of the spine.  It's a subtle but important thing. Trini --- On Fri, 9/17/10, Sergey Kazachenko

Re: [Tango-L] recommended CD burning programs

2010-08-21 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi Ruben and everyone, Thanks for finding these links and also for the private emails, as well. Someone sent me the following link that is great for learning more about burning CD's. The outline form allows for a lot of technical details but is still easily readable for non-techies.

[Tango-L] recommended CD burning programs

2010-08-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi all, I'm a little tired of spending time burning CD's and finding bugs in them. Can anyone recommend a good CD burning software for an HP with windows 7? I'd also like to make labels, and since my new computer has Lightscribe, I thought I'd try burning the song titles onto the disk.

Re: [Tango-L] milonga revisited

2010-08-18 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
  --- On Tue, 8/17/10, Huck Kennedy tempeh...@gmail.com wrote:      The six-count basic milonga step for the leader was back right, side left, right forward cross, left forward, right side, and close. There was wiggle room to pivot around in there a bit, but the sequence both started and

Re: [Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviors and protocols

2010-08-16 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Sun, 8/15/10, Ruben Malan rubenma...@comcast.net wrote: 5) With an increasing percentage we are also observing the attendance of married couples ... I love it when my husband chases the opposite sex at milongas - especially when the only one he is chasing is me. And we both have

Re: [Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviors and protocols

2010-08-16 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I think, Ruben, that both you and Sergio may just be unaware of your own natural charms, given your backgrounds, and may take for granted something that most men must work on. Alas for the North American male who has to debate as to whether he should open the door for a woman. South American

[Tango-L] milonga revisited

2010-08-16 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hi all, A few weeks ago, I fretted about whether folks were still teaching the man's orientation with his back toward the center of the circle. Most of the milonga workshops I have attended in recent years had the man facing the line of dance and the focus has been on traspie. A search of

Re: [Tango-L] Fw: Social-ethical behaviours and protocols

2010-08-15 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Oh, come on. Chasing the opposite sex is what gave popularity to the tango in the first place. I seriously doubt that the first milongueros were thinking about art as they were practicing with each other. I asked a man the other night what got him into tango (I had assumed it was through

Re: [Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviors

2010-08-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
My observation is that a couple who dances a lot with each other (more than 3 tandas) are either: 1)  interested in each other, 2) so bad that no one else wants to dance with them, or 3) so much better than everyone else that they're not really interested in dancing with others. As to

Re: [Tango-L] FACUNDO POSADAS celebrates his 70th Birthday

2010-08-02 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
 Hi Sergey, I think Facundo is just ornamenting, but I've never heard a name attached to that type of ornament. Trini --- On Mon, 8/2/10, Sergey Kazachenko syarz...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking of Facundo, is there a name to the step he does at about 1:48 into this video while leading his

Re: [Tango-L] Music preferences

2010-07-30 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I, too, have gravitated toward music with lyrics over the years.  My interest with lyrics started with the movie Tango by Carlos Sauros, specifically the scene of two singers performing Flores de alma at a dance rehearsal.  I just really enjoyed the romantic quality the pair brought to the

Re: [Tango-L] Online AM Tango Radio Station in Bs As

2010-07-28 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
This is great!  Thank you! While we're on music, I've decided to try out some tango karaoke to help with my Spanish and learn more about the music.  I've seen some DVD's on Amazon.com.  Any suggestions on which ones might be good? Trini   --- On Wed, 7/28/10, Nitin Kibe nitink...@hotmail.com

Re: [Tango-L] Tango marathons

2010-07-20 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I met someone (under 30) the other night from Finland, who was a friend of a tanguera.  We naturally tried to coax her into learning Argentine tango, but she refused because in Finland, tango was for old people.  Even though she knew there was a difference with Argentine tango (and our

Re: [Tango-L] Following

2010-07-13 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I believe that your instructor was trying to convey that women must be active in the dance, not passive. She must not be a piece of furniture on wheels that the men push around. The difficulties in leading and following come at different times in the learning cycle. For men, it comes

Re: [Tango-L] The Basic Elements of Tango

2010-07-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
I agree with you on this.  Just because volcadas and colgadas are more common doesn't mean that they are basic.  There are more important things to learn that are much more versatile, such as syncopas, enrosques, barridas (which are not listed) or certain combinations. Since the week includes

[Tango-L] zigzag versus straight

2010-07-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Has anyone else noticed the change how people are teaching basic milonga?  I'm talking specifically about the zigzag pattern down the floor with the man's back toward the center of the circle versus the man facing the line of dance.  I prefer the zigzag which comes naturally from the grapevine. 

Re: [Tango-L] Recognizing Tango Music

2010-06-11 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Thu, 6/10/10, Myk Dowling poli...@gmail.com wrote: A rhythm is a pattern of strong and weak beats overlaying the basic time signature. And that's the difference between tango and other dance music. Other dance music has a specific rhythm that must be followed for the dance to

Re: [Tango-L] Recognizing Tango Music

2010-06-10 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
  --- On Thu, 6/10/10, Myk Dowling poli...@gmail.com wrote: Ah, but Trini, the difference is that La Cumparsita has been forced to comply to a rock rhythm, rather than having the free rhythmic structure of a tango. As soon as you bind it to a specific rhythm, you break the tango. But, Myk,

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