Pablo Inza was my very first dance teacher when he and Gladys Fernandez visted Hong Kong a number of times in 1995 and 1996. This was in Pablo's pre-Nuevo days when he was a very traditional and conservative Tango dancer and teacher. All the time was spent on basic technique with no hint of any fancy figures. I also know Pablo Vilarazza and Dana Frigoli and have attended their classes in Hong Kong and at DNI in Buenos Aires. Pablo and Dana are great dancers who are also well schooled in the more traditional Tango of the milongas.
The point I'm trying to make is that all the top Nuevo dancers in BsAs are equally comfortable in other styles of Tango, including the close embrace of the milongas. IMHO, people should first learn more traditional Tango and then, if they have the necessary dance ability, they can go on to try some Nuevo. Unfortunately, Nuevo isn't going to go away, but if the dancers have already grasped the basic techiques of traditional Tango, hopefully, their Nuevo won't look too bad :-). Keith, HK On Thu Apr 17 11:53 , Ira Goldstein sent: > I was at Practica X one night when Dana Frigoli & Pablo Villarazza >(the founders of DNI) and Pablo Inza and Mariela Sametband danced >improvisationally to music selected by the crowd after a tandem >seminar. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
