I apologize beforehand if this is too intellectual, but it is what I woke up with this morning. So, this is just to get some discussion of important distinctions in naming what we are talking about.
I'm distinguishing the line of dance and the music as THE important factors in traditional Argentine Tango dance. Traditional Argentine Tango dancing is whatever is danced to Traditional Argentine Tango Music...it is the Music that legitimizes the label. If a couple wants to dance NUEVO moves in OPEN FRAME and in ONE SPOT on the dance floor.. to traditional Arg. Tango music..so be it...it is Argentine Tango dancing but not traditional ..and if someone wants to dance WEST COAST SWING moves in OPEN FRAME and in ONE SPOT on the dance floor to the same music...congrats!...it too is now Argentine Tango music dancing but not traditional dancing. Then comes along another BIG distinction; it is whether it is SOCIAL DANCING or PERFORMANCE DANCING....and if everyone on the floor is each dancing in one spot...Then, even the last two examples can be Social Dancing...but if the couples are all following a line of dance, the ronda, then it is TRADITIONAL ARGENTINE TANGO SOCIAL DANCING. I am making the ronda or line of dance as THE distinctive TRADITIONAL DANCE feature of dancing to Traditional Argentine Tango Music. Anyway, these are the distinctions involved as i see it and respect for the line of dance is where the future of the dance will be either preserved or destroyed. Just don't mix the line of dance and spot dancing on the same dance floor because then you will have Bumping cars which is a game best left in the arcades. ... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=734224171 www.youtube.com/user/nacotete www.tangoandchaos.org www.theopendoorway.org/audiovisual.html THE WAR IS MAKING YOU POOR! _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
