If it was not for the renaissance of tango and in particular the fantasia shows and competitions in BsAs, would there be a nuevo tango following today?
For those who read this list and want to preserve social tango dancing, maybe as promoters/organizers of festivals/milongas you should decline from having individual couples putting on demos* thus encouraging them to display the 'crowd pleasing steps' that are not strictly tango, that the crowd then feels obliged to learn. If a demo has to be held, have several couples dance on the floor at once, thus forcing them to restrain themselves and show a semblance of social dancing. But I guess there is no money for promoters in that. My 2c *For the record, these days, demos do not excite me as they once did: I tend to do something else when it is on. Vince In Melbourne Enjoying his break. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
