Typically all I ever see is negative snide commentary and not very much positive. We have rarely ever as any culture succeeded with negativity. Just watch how we train animals.... positive reinforcement.
THIS LIST seems incredibly rare with anything positive. I hate negativity, got rid of my TV because of it, don't read newspapers because of it and now this list just barrages me with it! I would prefer to be a 'NUEVO DUMMY' that can and does teach the line of dance, other courtesies that are unspoken and how men are bastards to women with their sleezy tricks and touch ups that the vast majority of come from 'milonguero's' and not 'nuevo's' or 'viruta' dancers. BEGINNERS IN MOST THINGS ARE USELESS! Give them a chance and really think back to how much you sucked when you started and maybe just maybe, they were better than you then... And if the truth be known, and you all posted videos of yourself, firstly, you would prefer not to... too personal, not your style, but basically, most of you probably don't dance very well either but wish you could. Some of the teachers on this list don't necessarily dance very well either - many of you think I don't and have publicly said that. There is a dance teacher in Australia, a milonguero/salon style teacher, Ross Clarke who publicly walked onto an empty dance floor whilst the music is playing, pushed me in the back and told me to calm down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14bKC6H4tY). NOW THAT HAS NO MANNERS AT ALL! ETIQUETTE should demand that probably don't hit him, I didn't. ETIQUETTE should probably demand that he apologise, he never did - at least every day I improve, practice and dance. I really am tired of this list and have asked to be removed from it before... Now I'm asking the entire list publicly like another person just recently - please remove me from this list. REMOVE ME PLEASE! 2009/10/16 <[email protected]> > > 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 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
