-----Original Message----- From: Jack Dylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 9:12 pm Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Gender roles in tango
Mel, A fabulous dance by a couple obviously trained in ballet. But I'd be interested to hear just why you think they are dancing 'tango'. Seriously, Jack ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I searched on YouTube and found a good example of two men dancing where > the follower, always the same man, is definitely more feminine than the > leader, even if perhaps not as feminine as most women: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBmjQfp1glo > Notice that I did not use the word 'tango' in my description of the dance. This was intentional. Unlike Segio (who won't tell us where men go to traditional milongas in Buenos Aires dressed in drag), I don't think the performance was tango. I don't see many elements of tango in it, no cruzadas, very few ochos, I think only one or two giros, although there are some nuevo type high sacadas and ganchos (not social tango) and some modern dance moves in it. At most the dance was 10% tango moves. Dancing to Piazzolla (never danced to socially in Buenos Aires) does not make it tango. Piazzolla himself said he did not compose music for dancing. If we acxcept this as tango, then we open the floodgates for calling anything tango. Of course, I think that dam is already broken. Mel _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
