Oh, take a chill pill. I did not use the words nuevo, milonguero or crap in my post. But your defensiveness is telling. Maybe my question should have been, if a dancer is 'messing with' the other dancers, then how do we get him to stop? And by the way - a milonguero, by definition, would not do those annoying things. A dancer or a 'bailarin' as the Argentines say, might.
--- Noughts <damian.thomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Really? So a slow milonguero doesn't do this? Or a > milonguero that > doesnt follow 'the rules'? Surely it comes back to > the dancers > themselves! > > Get off the 'nuevo dancers are crap' thought process > and maybe as > David says, focus on 'crap dancers suck' rant... But > who's to say who > is crap? > > O dear, here come the 'tango nazi police' again > cause I paused when I > felt pause, but you didn't... Sheesh, I must suck as > a dancer then > hey.... > > Sent from my iPhone, from somewhere... > > On 11/04/2009, at 5:51 AM, NANCY > <ningle_2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > This rant is not new. This justification is not > new. > > Here is my question: Who decides if you are > "messing > > with the other dancers or the line of dance"? It > isn't > > just physical contact that is bothersome. The > whole > > rhythm of the pista can be thrown off by very slow > > volcadas or high boleos. I can always tell when > there > > is a thoughtless dancer behind me because my > partner's > > musicality is thrown off trying to protect me from > > abrupt stops or backsteps or leader boleos. And > yet > > TL is completely oblivious to what is going on > behind > > him. > > > > > > --- David Thorn <thorn-ins...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> larrynla wrote: > >> > >> A lot of stuff. > >> > >> Bravo and thank you. > >> > >> [rant] If we are not messing with other dancers > or > >> the line of dance, etc., what is wrong if we > express > >> our feelings as we wish through our dance? Is > Tango > >> an art form or is it merely a stilted, codified > and > >> over prescribed set of step patterns, as bad as > the > >> worst excesses that one might find in the > ballroom > >> world? Does it diminish you to let me dance > tango > >> as I wish? I think that it is the self appointed > >> "purists" who fail to dance tango, and should > rename > >> their dance to "Codified Tango." Larry and Rod > both > >> made the point that the by the time the second > tango > >> dancer hit the floor, tango had become "Nuevo" > and > >> it has remained so ever since. > >> > >> If you would like to copyright the term 'Tango', > you > >> are welcome to try. In the meantime, the word, > and > >> the dance, belongs to the world. [/rant] > >> > >> David > >> > >> > > > _________________________________________________________________ > >> Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that > grows > >> with you. > >> > > > http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tango-L mailing list > >> Tango-L@mit.edu > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tango-L mailing list > > Tango-L@mit.edu > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
