> Astrid, these old Argentinian guys (I am not specifically talking about > any particular dancers here) are not saints or role models, far from it. > They are good dancers however in the scope of what they do which is social > dancing on crowded milonga floors. A lot of what looks great on stage > could never survive in that environment as I am sure you are well aware.
No need to point that out, yes. Plus, the particular dance Igor posted was a Valz which clearly was not choreagraphed so it is a bit unfair to compare it to different (much slower and more varied) music danced by professional dancer! Are you trying to say that a professional dancer is unable to dance without choreography? The pro dancers that I like all have a very firm base in dancing at milongas, and still look way better than Tete, IMO This is not necessarily my favourite vals but just to make comparison easier here is a vals by Jorge Torres, about who I posted earlier. Jorge teaches wonderful vals moves in class, great fun, very smooth and soft, and perfectly matching the 3/4 rhythm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRQGaPbeaPI Balmaceda is also really good at vals, for exemple here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8nJ03utgA8 As you are maybe able to see, you don't really need any choreo to dance something like this, just the ability for those moves. > s. But what would I know, I have only been dancing for three years - I am > sure after I have danced weekly for a few decades (Tete style) I will have > a totally different view of the world (and dance) :-). Well, I am glad you admit that to yourself and leave your options open for learning more. And who knows, your views on style may change. The nice thing about being a woman in tango is that you get to know so many different things, limited only by the number of men you dance with and how they (the men) grow. As one German tango writer once said:"Tango is...for women lack of men, for men lack of themselves". So it would be totally counterproductive for a woman to fanatically insist on any one style, unless she wants to be stuck in one particular place with one particular set of people, unable and unwilling to dance with anyone else, a situation which would bore me. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
