The same video of Gustavo & Giselle appears in two different sections in TangoandChaos. In Chapter 6 "The Nuts & Bolts of Tango" Ground Rules he clearly describes their dancing as Stage Tango.
"The basic differences between stage and social tango should be clear. The video begins with Miguel Balbi and his partner, and Alberto Dassieu and Elba Biscay. All are milongueros. Then Gustavo Naveira and his partner Giselle are shown dancing stage tango. You can see right away that he picks up his feet, kicks, and moves his left arm around more than the milongueros. He and Giselle also separate and do large leg swings and poses. Unlike the milongueros, they move their bodies around, and dance apart from each other. It's a more physically active and demonstrative way of dancing because it's designed to entertain an audience: Stage tango." So it seems he was using the clip to, in his mind, humerously illustrate a point. Diane _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
