Re: [Tango-L] Eduardo Perez y Gabriela Elias
Hi Rick, My partner and I are heading over to Buenos Aires in a few weeks.We'll be there for a year , and I'm looking forward to a year of total immersion in tango (and spanish). I'd be very interested in reading your articles on instructors. Would you be able to forward them on, either in tango-l or privately. thenks. On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:32 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wrote a number of articles about instructors in BsAs. One of them is > about Gabriela. I'll see if I can find it in my archives and I'll post it > here. > > > Abrazos, > > Rick > > ___ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > -- Yours in dance dementia, Niki ( http://tangotrails.blogspot.com ) ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Tango-L; Nuevo tango is not looking back
There are quite a few dancers who do hear the music, can find the beat and do dance "traditional tango" i.e. tango salon, close or open. Some of these dancers also enjoy and do engage in "nuevo tango". It may appear that when they are dancing "nuevo" they are not with the music or the beat even though they are known to be competent and even lovely traditional tango dancers. Perhaps they are experimenting with the music and taking the dance, "tango" outside the so-called box so that it appears as if they are not dancing on the beat or dancing with the music. I prefer tango in the close embrace and I do find that in general this "nuevo" dancing as I see it happeing in our milongas not beautiful, but that's only my opinion. http://torontoargentinetango.blogspot.com ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] The Seven Day Milonga
hey Martin,, where did I say that I liked it?? I can't stand the critter...I'm just hoping that it drops the name 'Tango' altogether...I think it will someday..I told Nina that I loved her post. mario. ... 'wrong again'? you owe me - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Nuevo Tango is not looking back
At 09:36 PM 5/10/2008, Mario wrote: >We've heard it said that the Nuevo Tango is sucking in the youth > and soon they will convert to Salon Tango > once they get into the music of it. > Well, don't hold your breath. We know that Nuevo Tango can dance to most > any kind of music..Prediction: A new music will evolve that will Catapult > Nuevo Tango into it's own orbit...it is like > when the P.C. was waiting for the > killer application, in order to really take > off...and it got it. Now, the dance is > here (thanks to the old) and it's waiting for > it's music.. you heard it here, first. Mario, You are, again, completely wrong. I agree with Nina Pesochinsky: >"Nuevo Tango" can't dance anything or to anything. It is >called "nuevo" because it does not fit the category of "dancing" >:). I am sure that those that claim to be "tango nuevo" dancers are >deaf and don't want to be discovered. But it is diffucult to hide >because they are usually outside of the music, regardless what the music is. The problem, as I see and hear it, is that the "nuevo dancers" don't have a sense of musicality -- they don't hear the beat/el compás. The music is not Tango; their "dance" is not Argentine Tango. Marty Waxman ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] YouTube Digest of Vals
I know that Astrid won't delete my posts without reading them 'cause she knows that she just might miss a good one. Here's a good one for Astrid. An interesting interview with a Tangoing couple I can sympathize with what he is saying. I feel the same way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np3ytqWv7tc Here is his Vals..it lacks mph! and any sense of delight or energy..what's he getting out of it? I wonder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBHASpchEhw I like this show couple's Vals...something sexy about these giros http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNJvxIL-sgk What's a Vals digest without Tete and Sylvia? (Added 3 days ago)..I like the way that he travels thru space. The 'no hands' is useful in that it shows us the role of the hands in dancing the Vals..none. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHDAPJ3u3S0 H, this guy looks familiar..he can dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61UmDMPJz3Y Here is a Vals followed by a Milonga It's obious to me that this dancer is thinking 'steps'...not music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjabpeIp2dA ,,,I'm starting to really like the Vals...so, now it's a close tie with Milonga and Vals.. [The slo tango is just an infention to torture me.] - Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
[Tango-L] Eduardo Perez y Gabriela Elias
This performance was filmed at the Escuela de Tango on the third floor of the Galerias Pacificas shopping center in Buenos Aires. (I recognize the studio because I spent many days in this room while I was living in BsAs. Hotter than hades in their summertime.) Eduardo Perez is the regular dance partner of Gabriela Elias. Second only to Jorge Firpo, she was one of my most influential tango instructors. I never had any lessons with Eduardo. I don't think he teaches at Escuela de Tango. And, I suspect Gabriela probably asked him to show up and do a demo with her. I know that Eduardo and Gabriela do teach and perform together. Their advertisements are in most of the local tango magazines. I also know that she has performed at Caesar's Palace (Las Vegas) and the Waldorf-Astoria. I would imagine she was partnered with Eduardo for those shows. Gabriela is a great person. Her milonga classes are excellent. And -- unlike many lessons I have had -- I could easily remember the steps and sequences long after I left the classroom. I can't imagine going to Buenos Aires and *not* taking at least a few classes with her. I wrote a number of articles about instructors in BsAs. One of them is about Gabriela. I'll see if I can find it in my archives and I'll post it here. Abrazos, Rick ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
