I don't know how many are proud to have danced "with the Argentineans", but I for one find dancing tango in Buenos Aires very inspirational. Much in the manner that Catholics regard the Vatican, Muslims Mecca, the English Lords cricket ground, in the USA say the Office of the President, etc, etc. Each represents an ideal to which we try to cling. I'm sure there are many more good people outside the Vatican than within. Many more religious Muslims outside Mecca than within. Many more great cricketers reside great distances from Lords than near it. There are more great men living outside the White House than within. But each acts as an anchor for ideals. It's not about how well they dance tango in Buenos Aires it's about the institution of tango. Severing ties with that institution gave us Ballroom Tango. Finish Tango. Why on this list do we not regard these deviations as true tango? Maybe in the light of Melinda's comments, they should be, and simply accepted as internationally influenced tango. Personally, I don't prefer internationalisation of tango. Where every variation or deviation is legitimate. In the future we might get accustomed to US Tango, British Tango, Canadian Tango, Turkish Tango, Iranian Tango, Russian Tango, Mexican Tango etc. Each maybe different; each legitimate tango. So it's not about idolising Argentinean dancers, but simply respect for the institution. Unfortunately many don't have this respect.
My opinion. Anton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brick Robbins Sent: Tuesday, 25 January 2011 4:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Melina's two cents OnTue, 18 Jan 2011 23:26:21 +0100 elina Sedo & Detlef Engel <[email protected]> wrote > Check it out: > http://melinas-two-cent.blogspot.com/ Oh my, Melina, you are living dangerously posting opinions like this here. <grin>Since many here are proud to have danced Argentine Tango with the Argentinians...... http://melinas-two-cent.blogspot.com/2011/01/tango-cosmopolites-or-not.html "I was definitely not overwhelmed [with Buenos Aires]. Apart from noticing a big concentration of top dancers, the average dance-level at the Milongas was usually not very impressive and very often, the foreigners even raised the bar." _______________________________________________ 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
