Martin Nussbaum wrote: >> Klaus, I think you should aim higher than the leader in the clips you chose. >> Musical? Yes. >> Smooth? Absolutely. >> Connected? ... maybe, but he might as well have been dancing foxtrot.
For whatever it is worth, I believe that this dancer placed 3rd in the 2007 Australian Stage Tango Competition. Clearly, there are some who do like this style. But, here I have to agree with Martin that, for me also, this doesn't have the feel of tango. There are a fair number of modern/nuevo tango instructors I have seen who dance similarly. Very smooth, good musicality, clear lead, cool stuff, but a very boxy disconnected look. I don't see the feeling I expect from tango. From such I too try to learn the parts that I do like. But I want my dance to look more like I am feeling the music at my core. OTOH, I probably look like the stiff, middle aged, uptight white guy that I am and would do well to convey half the feeling that this dancer does. Oh well David _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_howitworks_022009 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
