As stated before, tango dancing is always evolving in BA(rather than being a
"museum" piece)as it does in all the world and since most(not all)of the best
teachers, teaching in or outside of Rio de la Plata,
are still of Argentinian/Uruguayan extraction AND traveling the wide world,
spreading "the gospel of tango", most of the year, they can get a little
disconnected from Mi BA Querido. Nonetheless, almost all still maintain a
residence, year-round, in the Rio Plata area, to which they make their
personal, bi or yearly, spring/summer pilgrimages, to "drink from the fuentes
del tango" and recharge their ba batteries, for another year of teaching tango
dancing "outside the zone". I have no doubt that many tango dancers, from all
over the world are maybe better, technically and creatively than your average
milonguero, since they study it, obsessively, every day, in a "hothouse"
environment with these fabulous teachers.....like a lovely orchid, in a
greenhouse, somewhere. But even these maestros need some serious BA milonga
time, regularly.
What makes the dancing, here, so special, is that it IS just a normal part of
your average, Joe Schmo's BA day....often ducking into a milonga just because
he happened to be caught in the rain on that street and had a couple of hours
to kill...no more, no less. Nothing exotic......
.......just organic. The tango serves a cultural function, here, now, as
always. A dance of the streets, for all the classes, to forget/express their
troubles, for a few tandas...and enjoy some good wine/company and life, for a
moment, before returning to "reality".
It's wonderful to have all the other more exotic bloodstreams of world tango
feeding back into this delta full of brilliant, sophisticated
teachers, who bring that new blood home to BA, revivifying it, again and
again! But these are the cities(BA/Montevideo)that give us the profound
cultural context from which all this magic refertilization/tango cycle of life,
springs!! The fertile waters, soul of the Rio de la Plata.
dnb
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