Sorry, a little late - the milonga became the rage right now.
On the video now so widely discussed sebastian and Mariana dance a beautiful
Argentine tango. Perhaps a little more performance oriented. And they may be
moving the bounds. The year is 2009. Tango has been evolving and they are on
the cutting edge. I wish I could dance like that!
Here is a parable: The Ford model T was an automobile that started it all and
changed the world. Now you inspect a shiny new Chevy – No running boards!, the
wheels? – where are the beautifully crafted hardwood spokes? And so on. The
conclusion: “This is not an automobile – it is something different and it
should have a different name!” BTW, tango is older than the model T.
Nuevo? The good “nuevo dancers” dance anything from the close embrace club
style to “nuevo” based on their mood and available space. I.e., they dance
tango.
For example, M & S did an underarm turn – they did it “tango like” IMHO.
Underarm turn is done in many dances. And none has an exclusive license for it.
As a matter of fact, we should feel left behind and disappointed that the
stubborn insistence on “true tango" traditions left the field open for
salseros, lindy hoppers and others to discover all those cool moves! ;-)
I took a number of classes from Sebastian and Mariana and believe that what
they teach and dance is tango. The “non nuevo”, especially its most
conservative forms should be called historical tango. And a dance event
imposing the conservative limits should be called historical milonga. This
might be hard to take for those who made an emotional investment at the time of
their initial indoctrination and never got over it.
Jan
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