I accept Buenos Aires style. I{ve read so many postings about what is
authentic. Who wants to admit that after years of lessons and
practice, (s)he isn{t dancing authentic. I wanted to come up with a
different term.Michael On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Jack Dylan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Michael, > > Thanks for the reports - very accurate from my experiences and > very useful for first-time visitors to BsAs. > > But I don't agree with your term 'original style' because, as Trini has > already pointed out, we don't really know what that is and it would > result in a lot of disagreements. > > To me 'authentic Argentine Tango' is what predominates in the > traditional milongas of modern-day Buenos Aires and you've already > described that very well. You say you don't dance that style in the > States so I'd be interested to know why you consider it to be 'authentic'. > > I now use the term 'Buenos Aires Style' to describe what I consider > to be 'authentic Argentine Tango. I don't really see how anyone could > disagree with that but I'm sure many will find a way :-). > > Jack > > > >> From: Michael <[email protected]> >> >> New term >> Suggestion of new term for ´`authentic Argentine Tango´´ (I´m using a >> keyboard that isn´t conventionally used in the states and it´s >> difficult to find special keys.) Instead of ´¨authentic¨`, I suggest >> `¨original.¨ The milonguero style (named by Susana Miller) is what I >> call the original style. It´s NOT the style I dance in the States but >> I consider what I dance to be authentic. >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > -- I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
