Mario wrote this:
Here's my point..simple and clear. Dancing slo tango is often not
'dancing' Often, it is posing and doing mechanical movements.
Sometimes, these poses and mechanics can be done relatively close to
the same speed of the music..it can appear to be dancing. Because
Let's see if this post makes the list. I have been censored on and off
and for what reason I have no idea. In any event, there are several
themes running through your last post Mario. First and foremost. The
music. When the music pauses so should the dancers. Most dancers are
so busy
The wonderful thing about tango is that there is no official organization to
define what tango is, with tango police penalizing someone when they see them
doing in-authentic tango.
Of course this doesn't keep those with an officious mindset from setting up
their own tastes as the One True
Dictionary: hype --
1. Excessive publicity and the ensuing commotion.
2. Exaggerated or extravagant claims made especially in advertising or
promotional material.
3. An advertising or promotional ploy.
4. Something deliberating misleading; a deception.
The rules of Tango-A do not allow for hype,
--- On Mon, 6/9/08, Deby Novitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Deby Novitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Tango-L] Posing in tango
To: tango-l@mit.edu, Mario [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, June 9, 2008, 2:17 PM
Let's see if this post makes the list. I have been
censored on and off
and for
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 6/9/08, Deby Novitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First and foremost. The music. When the music
pauses so should the dancers.
Or more accurately, the dancers dance the pauses. It's not just the feet
from what I know, it is a common policy among tango teachers and probably
generally, dance teachers, to inflate their resume by doubling their years
of experience and such. One guy here calls himself Gavito's former
assistent. I never noticed, Gavito used any assistents... That, together
with
The wonderful thing about tango is that there is no official
organization to define what tango is
So I guess if you agree with the above, Tango can be the sum of
everyone's opinion. Or the opinion of anyone. Or that no one knows what
Tango is. Or more bluntly, Tango is nothing or everything. I
Marketing or hype?
Too polite to call it fraud, Janis? ;)
Sadly this is one aspect of tango which some Brits do every bit as well as
the Argentines. E.g. this UK teaching couple http://tinyurl.com/5pmbh4 who
claim to have won the World Argentine Tango Show Championship. Despite
there being
Naaah, not fraud. It's just the same Superlative Crisis that has been
sweeping the world these last few years.
There just aren't enough superlatives to deal with all the extra-
ordinary, far beyond mortal, Gods among mere god-lets that we have in
tango. If the last great master was beyond
Here are two glorious words that, sadly, never show up in tango
promotions in English:
- Bodacious
- Stupendous
Argentines are not so attached to the truth of the words. If you are
about to announce a dancing couple that is going to dance a
performance, and you say Here are the best dancers
Argentines are not so attached to the truth of the words.
... But it does not matter. Argentines know that. They do not hook
into every word for its truth. It just needs to sound good.
Let's see if I understand you correctly, Nina.
When the student who's fallen for this hype finds
Milton Myers, a master teacher, choreographer and former principal
dancers of the Alvin Ailey Dance Company in NY, once said in class
that all dance teachers have some gems. Some of them have many and
they spill them in front of their students. But others have only one
or two. Most students
Well Tom;
It will end when a guy finally gets too dizzy of going round and round, has
a drink and sees that some other dancers are caught up in superlatives.
Sees an attractive woman, cabeceo (silently saying Woman, dance), and
moves with the rest of the floor.
Hear the heart beat of the woman,
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