I don't know much about Dixieland music and thus don't really get the context of the remark.
I just know that I like the really good Tango Classics. There are quite a good number of them, certainly enough to fill up a number of full evenings of excellent dancing. I wouldn't characterize my approach as rigid in the context (traditionalist. Though a Nuevoist might consider me or any other Traditionalist rigid.) El Stevito de Gainesville On 5/7/2010 8:02 PM, AJ Azure wrote: > So you could do everything you've mentioned here and then have other times > where you surrender to unpredictability. Don't be conservative just let go. > What happens then? You miss a beat? You can watch out for a collision and > still improvise. How do you think real Dixieland musicians do it? > > There's room for both experiences. Rigidity leads to constipation for lack > for lack of a better visual. > > A_ > > > >> From: Steve Littler<[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 19:39:53 -0400 >> To:<[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if they are not playing >> tango? >> >> On 5/7/2010 5:44 PM, AJ Azure wrote: >> >>> Nothing wrong with having reasonable realistic standards. >>> As for being able to predict the next footstep because you're used to a >>> pre-recorded piece, you've just mentioned the most boring aspect of dancing. >>> Predictability. That's a dance routine. >>> >> Ahh...the pre-recorded music may be the same, but my dance >> interpretation never is. And thus never boring. >> >> I want to know how each phrase goes, when the next one starts, and plan >> my choreography on the fly and be ready to change on ANY beat if need >> be. And I want to know exactly when the song ends for my interpretation. >> The dance floor dynamic constantly changes - spaces close or open >> suddenly, new couples enter the floor, someone suddenly takes back steps >> against the line of dance. I want at least one variable to remain >> constant on a crowded dance floor. >> >> If I am unfamiliar with the music, I have to be much more conservative >> and just dance on the beat (until I become familiar with the song) and >> if even that isn't constant - well, its not enjoyable for me. Which of >> course will transmit to my partner, which I never want to happen. >> >> My goal in dancing Tango is not mastery of every possible step >> combination. But the intimate connection with this great music and with >> my partner and sharing an amazing magical 3 minutes together. >> >> To me, the joy of the Golden Age classics is that they are sufficiently >> grand to remain fresh and full sounding time after time. Similar to how >> Michael Jackson or Elvis Presley classics still make me want to jump up >> and dance. Classics are by nature, timeless and make me want to hit the >> dance floor every time. >> >> El Stevito de Gainesville >> _______________________________________________ >> Tango-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
