TANGO 2000 FOR DUMMIES Lesson 1 Nuevo Tango
The challenge: Argentine Tango is forever changing and evolving and that’s a good thing. I admire the younger generation for it’s Nuevo Tango and all the work and effort they put into it however because of the nature of the way Nuevo is danced it conflicts with the standard etiquette of traditional social Tango. Perhaps no one has ever explained the rules but that doesn't matter because the rules don't apply to Nuevo because of the way it’s danced. So you see it’s a big problem that might not have a simple solution. Let me explain a couple of rules just so you know what I'm talking about. Tango is danced in a “line of dance” counter clockwise around the outer edge of the floor. On a crowded floor you can form another line of dance inside the first one and even a third one if it’s really crowded so if you were hanging from the ceiling like spider man looking down it would look like a giant bulls eye. For those of us that like to stop and jump and spin and kick we should first move to the middle of the bulls eye that way we don't stop the line of dance and we don't injure anyone with our jumping and kicking and everyone is happy. These rules suck for Nuevo Tango….no jumping spinning and kicking on a crowded social dance floor. But hold on, I just saw that old dude leading a boleo…what gives him the right to do it and not me? The experienced leader will lead a soft low boleo he will pay attention to the line of dance he will use his floor craft to lead figures that will not harm others on the floor and he won't slow down the line of dance. Remember the nature of Nuevo Tango is to spin at incredible high speeds stay in one spot for long periods of time and lead the follower to kick at least as high as a Radio City Rockette. The Solution: This is the hard part and I'm not sure I know the answer perhaps separate milongas for Nuevo and Traditional is the only solution? If anyone has any suggestions let the organizers know. If we talk about a challenge we can find a solution. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
