Keith wrote:
"Copes is known for being the first person to choreograph tango for
professional dancers on stage."
May be.
But what about this citations:
"The tango was first danced in a Parisian theatrical review in 1908.."
"In that year [1913] the Hungarian composer Franz Lehar featured the tang
> "Copes is known for being the first person to choreograph tango for
> professional dancers on stage."
Igor observed:
> But what about this citations:
Indeed. It would have been safer to write:
"By those with no knowledge of prior instances, Copes is known for being
the first person to choreo
As a leader who will often shift to a "LOUD" frame -i.e. a strong ballroom
style frame- and then back to a "quiet" one many times during a single song, I
have found that to be the essence of effectiveness in my style of tango.
After hundreds of private ballroom lessons, I cannot help but hav
The apodictic tone of many posters on the Tango-L reflects their complete
lack of modesty or even a modicum of humility which might leave room for a
civilized discourse about anything. Ed
On 19 Jan 2008 10:07:25 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Word of the Day for January 19 is:
apo
What a strange world this is - and what a strange list. We already have Chris
UK [who???] telling
us that Gustavo Naviera is useless. Now we have Krasimir Stoyanov - does anyone
even know who
he is or how he can dance - telling us that a legendary figure such as Juan
Carlos Copes doesn't
danc
I do not comment what are the "historic" achievements of someone. I simply
comment if his dancing has "the feature", that makes it true tango. I do not
pay attention to the world known names, I believe what I see.
Don't characterize me as someone, who shows disrespect to all known tango
figures
--- Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What a strange world this is - and what a strange
> list. We already have Chris UK [who???] telling
> us that Gustavo Naviera is useless. Now we have
> Krasimir Stoyanov - does anyone even know who
> he is or how he can dance - telling us that a
> legendary
> Tango, once you get past, say the beginner-intermediate stage, is
> improvised
Tango, once you are doing it at all, is improvised.
You're a beginner only once you've begun.
--
Chris
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What are your top Ten Tango Cities of the world? Ranked by;
1. Number of Milongas/Practicas occurring each week
2. Number of dancers attending
3. Quality of dancing
4. Availability of Tango instruction
5. Popularity of it's Annual Tango Festival
We all know which city will be
I want to clarify that my last post was not directed
at Keith. I was just answering his rhetorical
question. :o\
And, again, it isn't directed at anyone. I was just
observing that tango is improvised and, therefore, we
all get different things out of it AND places like
blogs and lists are where
While in conversation at a practica, a woman from Colombia informed me that
Colombia (Medallin) is THE place outside of Buenos Aires for encountering
serious social tango. Since then, I've heard about tango being the national
dance of Finland and I can't help but
be impressed by the many impr
Providence, RI
www.ProvidenceTango.com
Top-notch nuevo tango and exchange of lead and follow.
They have an all-night milonga to which people come
from all over.
And, Ellen's cooking is to die for!
Of course, NYC.
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That scene in the salon in the movie, "Tango", ... are
you saying it is or is not his daughter? I had heard
that it is his daughter.
And, whether you think it is ballet (huh?) or not, it
is very beatiful and inspires me. His focus is on
allowing her to feel beauty in the dance. I get
chills!
I am not going to talk much about it: take a book teaching choreography and
read it.
I am sure you will be surprised with the vastness of the material to know to
be able to choreograph a dance.
I am going to talk only about something related to the myth (yeah, a myth
again ) that choreography is m
I don't require my tango teachers to be charming dinner companions any more
than I require this of my doctor. But I do expect them to have good technique.
Just have a look at the first two dances on the CITA 2007 video. First you have
Javier with impeccable technique. Then you get Fabian who is
I have not done much tango tourism, but based on followers I have danced with
from around the world the scene in Korea must be amazing.
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Carlos Saura is a great *Spanish* director and I think that comes across pretty
clearly in his movie about tango i.e. it is terrible. Just compare it to his
earlier movie about flamenco (Carmen) which is superior in every way (the movie
that is, not necessarily the dance). Admittedly I may be a
So, I suppose on that basis, we can say Jesse Owens wasn't really that good
because nowadays he wouldn't even qualify for
the Olympics, let alone win 4 gold medals. No need to be too deferential? How
soon people forget.
Keith, HK
On Sun Jan 20 9:35 , Victor Bennetts sent:
Yes, Copes is a
Tokyo has quite a few milongas, among these 3-4 owned by Argentines, and the
rest by Japanese, so on some days there are several to choose from. The
number of dancers can be between 20 and 120, I guess. There are also some
special events in larger halls, with live music.
Many of the great names
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