IMHO, as a fan of ballet and modern dance, when her leg flew outstretched above her hips eg 5:49 and 6:00 and she suspended it there eg 5:00 made it ballet like.
But what style was it? If I look at http://www.tejastango.com/tango_styles.html (and many other sites have similar interpretations) the style fits into Fantasia. They are excellent at this kind of dance but I do not know if they can really translate it into traditional tango dancing. However, http://buffalotango.com/html/l_-_tango_styles.html suggests that Fantasia/Show tango will help you in your "normal' tango. BTW, the move at 4:20 (and similar) was demonstrated several times in a tango show in Melbourne on the weekend by salon/milonguero dancers. Is it a trend? I do like what Sebastian said at the beginning. > Hi all, > > I'd like to get others' analysis of this performance by Sebastian Arce and > Marianna Montes. I think highly of Sebastian and Marianna as teachers and > dancers. As I watched this performance, however, I began to think that he > was going to lift her up in the air over his head, and I realized that > somewhere they had wandered into modern dance or ballet territory. That's > what one expects when one sees modern dance or ballet. I'm not > knowledgeable enough to figure out when that change occurred for me. I'd > like to see what others knowledgeable about modern dance or ballet think. > > http://www.youtube.com/user/liffeylinda#play/all/uploads-all/0/yJHIUdavnKk > > I'd like to hear from those who can analyze it intelligently and > dispassionately, and not just give personal opinions. > > Thanks, > Trini > > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
