We have been in Buenos Aires for two weeks and getting ready to catch our flight back to Montreal. We went to 8 milongas, took a bunch of classes, talked to dozens of dancers and teachers, while also reading this list serve discussion on what is and is not done here at Milongas. I am reminded of what Hugo Daniel one young teacher said at the beginning of a class, "There is no "Truth" in Tango". He explained that Tango is in the relationship and there many ways of expressing it. There is no single truth about it. With over 100 Milongas every month, you can find examples or data to prove almost any dictum about tango. I take that to mean this is a living tradition in art and evolving even as we speak.
Another Tango revelation for me occurred in a waiting room of Escuela de Tango at the Borges Centre, through a conversation I overheard among two dancers. This guy was explaining how all of Tango was about "respect", respecting your partner, respecting fellow dancers, respecting the music, respecting organizers and teachers, etc. The idea of respect seems pretty fundamental. It allows us to slow down and think but this passion in a relational way. Tango is something we do with others, and if it is done with respect, people will forgive a lot of errors and mistakes. Paul Shrivastava, Ph. D. http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/sustainable John Molson School of Business Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, H3H 0A1 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
