On Sun Apr 13 10:42 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: >What is missing from many demonstrations of social tango is elegance of >movement. Whether called close-embrace or milonguero-style tango, the >social-tango "movement" in the United States eschewed elegance of movement >to emphasize rhythm, improvisation and navigation skills. Elegance of >movement may have been deemphaiszed as a element of show dancing or to >concentrate on other skills.
Thank you Stephen, I agree completely. A Tango teacher doesn't need to be particularly elegant to be a good teacher, although I think it helps and a social dancer doesn't need to be particulary elegant to give his/her partner a satisfying dance although, again, I think it helps. But to those who stand up in front of an audience to demonstrate this beautiful dance of ours - if there's no elegance then something is definitely missing. IMHO elegance is an integral part of good Tango, including purely social Tango. But I know many people on this list don't agree. Fair enough. Keith, HK _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
