> Yes, but in the case of many nuevo dancers, they actually are bad. Their > extensions and articulations are poor, they don't collect their feet between > steps, their posture is bad, they bounce when they dance, they watch the > floor too > much, and they usually pay little attention to the surrounding dancers. > Nothing good about any of that. Sorry, still agree with Chris. > > Most of what you quoted are simply not required or at least not a measurement for quality in social tango. You can have a posture of a god, with beautiful articulation, and still give the crappiest feeling to your partner while dancing. On the other hand, it doesn't hurt to dance nicely, but I do not think that this is _the_ measurement.
> <<<You should check some of the young nuevo dancers (here) in BsAs.>>> > > I have and have watched them for years but still am not impressed ... and > I'll be there again in a few weeks but won't be at the milongas where they > are. > If you'll be in BsAs "in a few weeks" I'm assuming you are coming to CITA. It is going to be somewhat complicated to avoid them... CITA has a very strong representation of nuevo. Also, even "traditionals" use moves and techniques invented or at least re-invented and popularized by nuevo teachers. I think the term "nuevo" in the mind of many people is slowly describing something else than it's original meaning. Nuevo is part of what is tango now, as it is only systematic (vs. choreography/copying based) approach to teaching and - therefore - dancing tango. Just because it enables dancers to invent new things, the essence of it is "just" tango techique. Many people put an equasion between radical innovators (and their style) and nuevo. It only depends on you how you use your knowledge. If you want to do back flips, it is going to be the "extreme nuevo" you are talking about, if you just use the technique and do tango, you will not be so different from traditionals. Nevertheless, if you take the time to check La Viruta on a weekend evening, you'll see that "nuevo" dancers are quite proficient in navigating on 0.8 sqm... Cheers, Aron -- Ecsedy Áron *********** Aron ECSEDY Tel: +36 20 66-36-006 http://www.milonga.hu/ http://www.holgyvalasz.hu/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
