Something to chew on: As it was originally conceived nuevo tango was largely a pedagogic approach to tango that emphasized a structural analysis of the dance in which previously unexplored combinations of steps and new figures can be found. Some of those exploring those possibilities gradually developed it into a style that is danced in an open, loose or elastic embrace with a very upright posture, and great emphasis is placed on dancers maintaining their own axes. Although some advocates of tango nuevo emphasize a new structural analysis over specific figures, some of the identifiable figures in nuevo tango are overturn ochos and change of directions in turns, which are most easily accomplished in a loose or elastic embrace.
The dancers most often identified with nuevo tango are Gustavo Naveira, Fabian Salas and Chicho Frumboli. In just these three people, you see some progression from it being mostly a pedagogic approach to it being mostly a style of dancing tango. Among the younger generation of nuevo dancers are Homer and Christina Ladas and Andres Amarilla and Meredith Klein. I have no objection to how any of these people dance. All of them are capable of dancing in the ronda and with the music. My objections are to the bozo and bozoette who were in front of me and my partner at a recent milonga who were pursuing some new innovation without regard to the ronda or the rhythm of the music being played. These same objections hold for other oblivious dancers pursuing elaborate, space-consuming figures in other styles of tango. With best regards, Steve _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
