This is part of an interview made to Duvall and Pedraza , when they came to Buenos Aires on year 2003, to promote their movie Assasination Tango.
So, actually, Duvall is ... 79 years old, and Luciana ...38 years old. My translation , the full interview in spanish is at http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=524195 alberto - From whom did you learnt ? -Duvall:from the country, the young people. I remember the first time I danced tango in buenos aires : I look in amazement to the tanguero Finito, and Virulazo that told me : " Veeery good". -Luciana: Duvall taught me. His style is not melodramatic. I compare him with Piazzolla, like a Tai Chi, a process of meditation. -What things you do not like from the tango community (in Buenos Aires) ? -Duvall: there is a little percentage of people that dances tango.Therefore is a kind of hermetic culture, and they are all very critics. Luciana: - They made destructive critics. Contrarywise, on the USA, do whatever you do , they will say " I am so proud of you". And when something does not like them, do not say " how funny!" , instead they keep silent and that is the answer. On tango local community (Buenos Aires), you will not find someone that will tell you " I am so proud of you , how fine you do your dancing !" Duvall: - Well, that can tell you on the beginning/your first steps of your practice.... Luciana: -Yes, but as soon as you became a menace, they do not say it anymore and in turn will say " I taught her !" ************************************************************************ -¿De quiénes aprendieron? Duvall: - Del país, de la gente joven. Recuerdo la primera vez que bailé tango en Buenos Aires: yo miraba asombrado al tanguero Finito, y Virulazo que me decía, "Muuy bien". Luciana: - A mí me enseñó Duvall. Su estilo no es melodramático. Lo comparo con Piazzolla, como un Tai chi, un proceso de meditación. -¿Qué cosas no les gustan del ambiente del tango? Duvall: -Hay un porcentaje muy pequeño de gente que baila tango. Aquí, es una cultura muy hermética y entonces son todos muy críticos. Luciana: - Hacen críticas destructivas. En cambio, en los EE.UU. hagas lo que hagas, siempre te dirán: "Estoy tan orgulloso de vos". Y cuando algo no les gusta no dicen "¡qué rico!", se callan y esa es la respuesta. En el tango, nunca vas a encontrar alguien que te diga: "¡Estoy tan orgulloso de vos, qué bien lo hacés!" Duvall: - Bueno, eso te lo pueden decir en un principio.... Luciana: -Sí, pero en cuanto te convertís en una amenaza no te lo dicen más y en cambio dirán "¡Yo le enseñé!" --- El dom 21-feb-10, Vince Bagusauskas <[email protected]> escribió: > De: Vince Bagusauskas <[email protected]> > Asunto: [Tango-L] Assassination Tango > Para: [email protected] > Fecha: domingo, 21 de febrero de 2010, 8:23 > After coming home from a milonga, we > sat down and turned on the television > to see that a replay of Assassination Tango (2002) was > on. > > The interesting fact was that the star Robert Duvall is a > tango dancer and > that he also had his current wife star in the movie. > They met over tango > and she is 41 years younger than him. > > Nice > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > Yahoo! Cocina Encontra las mejores recetas con Yahoo! Cocina. http://ar.mujer.yahoo.com/cocina/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
