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 self-awareness, a serious face and an attitude of self-importance. All of these conditions must be present in order to meet the criteria. This, of course, would be for the purpose of diagnosis by others. The problem with dancers that pursue fake tango is that THEY ACTUALLY LIKE THE WAY THEY DANCE. Until that changes, nothing else will. Best, Nina Quoting "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 it. Milonguero could be called "Classical > Argentine Tango", on the lines of "classical ballet". Then everybody > would know what to expect. > > John Ward > Bristol, UK > > > > _______________________________ > Free games from Tiscali Play - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/play > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.earthnet.net Boulder's Premier Datacenter Network, email, and web servers powered by renewable wind energy. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l