[Tango-L] How do you know they are dancing tango?

How do you know that Miguel and Augusto are dancing tango? Jack asks Melvillefox in reference to: http://vidslib.com/index.php?view=3625948 They are dancing stage tango, no doubt about it. They are well known as tango dancers Miguel Moyano and Augusto Balizano. See them dancing "Ojo

Re: [Tango-L] Gender roles in tango

Mel, A fabulous dance by a couple obviously trained in ballet. But I'd be interested to hear just why you think they are dancing 'tango'. Seriously, Jack - Original Message > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I searched on YouTube and found a good example of two men danc

Re: [Tango-L] Gender Roles in Tango

On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 6:34 AM, Martin Waxman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For those on the list who firmly believe that gender roles in > Argentine Tango are specific. > > If the Brothers Macana are not dancing Argentine Tango, what are they dancing? The Brothers Macana are performing, not danci

Re: [Tango-L] Hermanos Macana

> If the Brothers Macana are not dancing Argentine Tango, what are they > dancing?" > They are dancing Stage Tango, or Tango Para Exportar--very theatrical, choreographed, and entertaining. cherie http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/ ** Get fantasy football with free live scoring

Re: [Tango-L] "Would you like to lead or follow?"

>> "Would you like to lead or follow?" > A perfectly reasonable question by the woman. It is a perfectly reasonable question by a /man/. > A man who never learns to follow never learns the difference between > good leading and bad leading. > > There is no rule in Argentine Tango that the man ha

Re: [Tango-L] Martha Graham meets Gustavo Naveira

One good reason not to incorporate Graham into tango is that it would take most tango dancers about 5 years of daily work to actually master Graham. Since most can't even master tango in 5 years :), it is not likely that there could be a successdul fusion. Instead, it might be easier to teac

Re: [Tango-L] Hermanos Macana

Because they are not dancing the woman's part with a woman leading. Men dancing together is a diffrent thing than a man following a woman. Men dancing with each other has been a part of the development of AT, but women leading men has not. At 05:34 AM 7/20/2008, Martin Waxman wrote: >For tho

[Tango-L] Martha Graham meets Gustavo Naveira

Check out sequence no. 1 and no. 2 http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=sylIGL-PcBI&feature=related There are Martha Graham workshops in Manhattan this coming week why not just go there and then just incorporate anything you learn into your tango? Are they actually teaching this stuff as social d

[Tango-L] Hermanos Macana

For those on the list who firmly believe that gender roles in Argentine Tango are specific. If the Brothers Macana are not dancing Argentine Tango, what are they dancing? If it is not Argentine Tango, why aren't the posts labeled OFF TOPIC? Marty E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.

Re: [Tango-L] Gender roles in tango

-Original Message- From: Sergio Vandekier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tango-L List Sent: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 4:25 pm Subject: [Tango-L] Gender roles in tango > In other instances two men are dancing together (according to tradition) but they both have masculine roles: the result can be a beauti