Commenting on the below post, I would love to dance to and support live tango bands playing what I perceive to be excellent tango music, comparable to the great orchestras of the past. Orchestras which gained greatness through rising to the top of their profession. Often competing for the privilege from amongst 200 or more orchestras. Seems to me a little presumptuous to offer oneself as a worthy substitute, simply on the basis of being the only orchestra or one of very few in the city. Maybe if all it entailed was creating a steady, recognisable rhythm aca swing or salsa, I'd be foot-tapping like an enraptured trooper. Unfortunately, my perception of live tango bands/orchestras, has been that they largely play for their own entertainment and not for the tango dancers. Yes I have experienced exceptions, foremost of which I place groups formed around Joaquin Amenabar, to which I would willing dance every day and pay all I could afford for the pleasure. If I am living in a "vacuum of the orginal artists", it's because there's a vacuum of tango artists today. Like everyone, I encourage by applauding any live tango orchestra when they play at a milonga. But mostly it's simple encouragement.
Just my opinion Anton "Swing dancers don't have the same issues because, they continuously support and welcome live music. They don't treat the music as only living in a vacuum of the original artists. They do in fact straddle between the old and the new. They also take the opportunity live music allows to challenge them as dancers by requiring spontaneity. Maybe it's because, I play live music but, I just don't see why this aspect is largely and sadly ignored." _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
