But I think that a problem with a lot of today's tango
groups is that they don't have any idea what it means to play for
dancing.
I think the problem of musicians not having an idea of what it is like to play
for dancers is less and less of an issue every year. I have not really
--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Jack Dylan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pupi Castello was correct and I think everyone who learns
tango discovers this for himself.
Which I suspect is why many people enjoy Nuevo. No need
to worry about that pesky walk :-)
Jack
Well, I enjoy Nuevo because it's just
Jack says: Don't we talk a lot about the feeling of tango. I know it's very
important to me [understatement!] and the feeling I have when I watch a man and
a woman is completely different to when I watch a man and a man. They can both
be fabulous and very enjoyable, but different.
Hi Jack,
Which I suspect is why many people enjoy Nuevo. No need
to worry about that pesky walk :-)
I know that there is a smiley face at the end of this statement, but this
nevertheless seems to me
a rather gratuitously insulting remark, creating more heat than light, and
perhaps reflecting
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:47 AM, David Thorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jack Dylan wrote:
Which I suspect is why many people enjoy Nuevo. No need
to worry about that pesky walk :-)
I know that there is a smiley face at the end of this statement,
but this nevertheless seems to me a rather
Huck wrote:
So you thought you'd top a light-hearted poke at a generalized
style with a full-blown personal insult, calling Mr. Dylan ignorant?
(Oh excuse me, perhaps ignorant.)
Ooops. Touche. My apologies to Mr. Dylan.
And although it does appear to be a time-honored tradition to mock
Just an aside:
Capussi/Flores are the only couple in your list that dances (socially) in
exactly the same way as they perform on stage (minus the costumes and
make-up).
Jack answers:
2 - Capussi Flores are from the theatrical school, they are hilarious, very
funny, are they a caricature of
To me social dancing is, simply, any partner dance that is not
choreographed and/or for competition.
There are those who understand social dancing to customarily imply
dancing around with multiple partners in one evening. For some of
those, the intimacy of tango may be too much for more than
Every dance is a language of the body. Some dances are very limited in
how many words they have, ways to pronounce those words, and how
they can be combined into sentences and paragraphs and so on.
Some have more range.
What's unique about tango is that the range of its language is a full
When men and women have stopped being men and women and became amoebas ready to
dance to anything in any role, why try to save anything? You can't play a game
where the players don't agree on the rules.
And now I will go and swallow some anti-sarcasm drugs.
Nina
While I appreciate Nina's
Joe Grohens wrote:
It would be like playing, I don't know, Giant Steps, at a swing dance.
Indeed. Giant Steps is 290BPM and not difficult for a decent Balboa dancer
(but nearly impossible for any but the
most spectacular Lindy Hopper). However, even most Balboa dancers would turn
up their
David Thorn wrote:
It is one thing to say that I don't like to dance to Piazzolla, or I
can't dance to Piazzolla, or that I have never heard Piazzolla
played at a Milonga in BsAs, or even to say of course I can but why
in the world would I ever want to?. It is an entirely different
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Jack says: Don't we talk a lot about the feeling of tango.
I know
it's very important to me
Saludos para ti, Larry de Los Angeles
Of all the postings in all the time I have been on this site this one
of yours has been the most insightful and best scripted description
and analogy for tango I have yet read. Well well well said. I love a
house of many rooms
I so tire of hearing
What's unique about tango is that the range of its language is a
full order of magnitude (at least) more than any other social dance.
It can be used on the stage to tell a story. Or to make an artistic
statement that is like abstract art. Or make people laugh, as a
string of jokes or
Larry,
As others have said - nice post; I also like the 'tango is a house of many
rooms' analogy.
The people who built this house, and their successors, the current guardians,
are wonderful, generous people and they allow me to use the house whenever
I want. They even allow me to take it to
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