On 26/01/2011 21:41, Jack Dylan wrote: > It's interesting how people can look at the same situation and come > up with totally different interpretations and conclusions. > > Alexis thnks that foreigners have somehow 'preserved' the Tango for > future generations. In my opinion, unless things change, foreigners > will ensure that the Tango won't survive. At least, what think of as > Tango.
I'm not saying they "preserve" it. They just somehow nourish it and act as a life support system, even though it also comes at a cost of also spawning lots of parodies of the real thing. Sure, there's a lot of chaff in the tourist wheat and no porteño I meet omits to lament it, but there still is a community of dancers from which eventually people with the heart at the right place can emerge. Eventually, some people *will* get it. Can't see anyone persevere until they reach old age for the pyrotechnics of tango instead of the "alma", to be honest. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
