Brick wrote: "I don't really know why people find the need to take sides and rallyunder names like "Milongeuro style," "Salon Style" or "Nuevo style."I don't see that as doing anything but fracturing our rather smallcommunity." IMO there are several important reasons to distinguish tango styles: 1- The styles are quite different, they use different chorography, different technique, they have different purposes. 2- Available space to dance. Milonguero is very simple and compact, requires little space. Classical salon tango or Villa Urquiza uses all the known tango moves, uses a close embrace, an open embrace or an elastic embrace, It can adapt to different circumstances of space. Nuevo or stage will require more room. 3- There is a pedagogic reason to distinguish the styles. The instructor should not confuse the beginner tango dancer, bringing itinerant teachers of different style that contradict each other in many respects, mostly in technique. 4- The student should know that exist different tango styles. So that he is not surprised or intolerant when exposed to other forms of the dance. also to decide what style he wishes to learn. *Purpose: Social dancing - You may use milonguero style or Classical Salon (Villa Urquiza) with ease for this purpose. You will need ore room for Nuevo or stage. See below Andreas Wichter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO5p9dn_dzg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKuSty0nX9k&feature=related He dances a social tango style, not very good for exhibitions. If the purpose is an exhibition then Villa Urquiza, Stage or Nuevo are more expectacular. * Technique - The styles differ in technique : Milonguero uses a more limited number of tango moves, they are more compact, small steps, the tango walk is on two lanes, the foot lands on the sole or the heel. it is very good for social dancing where there is no room to dance. Stage, Nuevo, Villa Urquiza have a richer repertoire of moves, they are more expectacular, there is need of more space for its execution. Classical Tango (Villa Urquiza) has all the available choreographic moves, close and open embrace, may be danced socially or for exhibitions. The tango walk is on one line, external rotation of the leg for better equilibrium, most dancers will land on the toes, some on the heel, some both ways. Milonguero leads with the torso, Classical Tango, Stage, Nuevo lead with the torso, the arms and hands, the legs, the feet as necessary to execute all the tango moves. Nuevo uses Counter body movement to lead embellishments such as boleos and amagues. * Most people like to go to places where the style they prefer is danced. They avoid going to places where a different style is danced. Summary: There is no need to take sides with respect to tango styles. Dance the style that is best for you. Some people only know one style, other know how to dance in different styles, some adjust their dancing to the circumstances and place where they are. Some mix elements of different styles. Best regards, Sergio _________________________________________________________________ Time for vacation? WIN what you need- enter now! http://www.gowindowslive.com/summergiveaway/?ocid=tag_jlyhm _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
