There is a lot of sense in what Ron says. After all, you never see
anyone dancing ballroom tango at a milonga. At least I never have.
Perhaps it is time to rename nueveo Argentine Ballroom Tango to go
alongside International Ballroom and American Ballroom, and to have
special events devoted to
Good point, John. But Ballroom is actually a well-defined discipline
of dance with incredibly rigorous training.
How about calling nuevo Fake Tango? Or Pretend Tango? Or
Wanna-be-tango? The criteria would be no embrace, no musicality
(apparent deafness), off axis movements, no
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There is a lot of sense in what Ron says. After all, you never see
anyone dancing ballroom tango at a milonga. At least I never have.
Perhaps it is time to rename nueveo Argentine Ballroom Tango
I don't think anyone dancing Argentine tango (be it Nuevo, whatever
the
Nina Pesochinsky wrote:
How about calling nuevo Fake Tango? Or Pretend Tango? Or
Wanna-be-tango? The criteria would be no embrace, no musicality
(apparent deafness), off axis movements, no self-awareness, a serious
face and an attitude of self-importance. All of these conditions must
The problem is that Tango Nuevo is essentially a lie. I speak as a
former devoted member of that club.
It is not nuevo because there is nothing new. It was a disappointing
discovery after I had danced the glorious nuevo moves at some
practica in and then danced with an old gentlemen at
