Since I answered to something that Melina was trying to post to the list, it wouldn't be fair to me not to include her entire post (which she wrote was meant for the list).
I'm omitting the part where she speaks about tango-l admin matters. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Comments on Tango-L Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:06:25 +0100 From: Melina Sedo & Detlef Engel <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Brick Robbins <[email protected]>, [email protected], Jack Dylan <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected] And, to you, Alexis Cousein, I would like to repeat directly: 1. I do judge from the point of view of a social dancer. Watch my videos and you'll see, that I do not dance Tango Fantasia, but the most puristic Tango, focussing on the walk and the embrace. When performing in Argentina, quite a few Argentinians even complained about our simplicity, because they wanted to see more "steps". 2. You are totally correct in noticing a discrepancy in my comment. Actually, I just wanted to say something nice about the average Milonguero. I should have just left the sentence "I have to admit..." out. Nowadays, a lot of dedicated european or north armerican Milongueros know the music as well as the Argentines and navigate perfectly on the dancefloor. No need to be too modest. ;-) 3. I am German and no native english speaker. So please, abstain from commenting on my writing skills. Bye now, Melina -------------------------------------------------------- Thanks all for the lively discussion. In case that you refer to my article, I would neverthelss ask you to read it completely. I am a little worried, that taking out one quote, can lead to misinterpretations of my blog. I was not trying to demean argentine culture or heritage. What I was describing, is Tango as a product of international exchange - and those, who do not understand this. So please read the article here: http://melinas-two-cent.blogspot.com/2011/01/tango-cosmopolites-or-not.html Furthermore, I want to remind you of another post on Tango-L, that made some interesting points as well: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/tango-l/2008-October/009261.html Best, Melina MELINA SEDO & DETLEF ENGEL www.tangodesalon.de www.youtube.com/tangodesalon www.facebook.com/tangodesalon [email protected] (0049) (0)681 9381839 (0049) (0)177 4340669 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
