Alistair Macaulay, the dance critic of the NY Times, has a blushing rave of Gabriel Missé and Natalia Hills in his piece about the upcoming NYC fall dance events. It is worth listening to the multimedia link to get the audio expanded version and hear his enthusiasm. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/arts/dance/13maca.html For a non-tango dancer (I'm presuming) he shows a moderately good appreciation of the dance. His review of them at the Vail International Dance Festival is even more breathlessly impressed. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/arts/dance/11evenings.html? _r=1&scp=1&sq=review%20tango%20%20vail%20international%20dance% 20festival&st=cse <http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/arts/dance/ 11evenings.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=review%20tango%20%20vail%20international %20dance%20festival&st=cse>
What impresses me is that Macaulay is criticizing tango in the context of the larger forum of the dance world, up against other forms of dance, and still singles Missé and tango out!! Finally, a recognition not tangled up with musings on the sensuality, passion, erotic lure, etc. (though he pants a little about Hills' dress), but more about the athleticism, the precision, the training, the skill. Jocelyn _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
