[Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread David
Trini, Generally speaking, I tend to like and agree with your posts, but not so much with this one. I can accept that it's not your cup of tea, as we all have our personal preferences. IMO, elegance (as you put it) is not the "end all be all" to a good dance. I actually like it when people t

Re: [Tango-L] The Milonga solution

2008-11-19 Thread Michael
Mario: Did you realize the man's left hand didn't "stir the pot" like the last video you showed. Nobody's foot should get stepped on in milonga so there's no reason for the man to step outside to prevent something that shouldn't happen anyway. Michael I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango -

Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread Vince Bagusauskas
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Trini y Sean (PATangoS) Sent: Thursday, 20 November 2008 8:09 AM To: Tango-L Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out! >>Are there not >> different and older styles of tango that can hav

Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Vince Bagusauskas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But what of this formal presentation stuff? Are there not > different and older styles of tango that can have bad > posture and "funny little steps" compared to salon > tango? I don't know of any, but styles of dancing back the

[Tango-L] Assessing tango (was Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!)

2008-11-19 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Myk Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was replying to Anton's comments, not Mario's. > Anton was expressing a desire for some potent authority to define Tango and > make it easier to assess. I didn't read that in Anton's statement, but I did read a reflection of what

Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread Vince Bagusauskas
Certainly an entertaining couple in the 1st half of their performance. I don't know if they were incorporating milonga style into the dance (disagree it was mere steps) or he was trying to seduce her with his bizarre snaky moves. A bit more restrained in the second half I thought. But what

Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread Myk Dowling
Anton Stanley wrote: > Myk I understand your point in the below comment. > But please guide me to someone who can improve my tango dancing. Find the kind of Tango dancing you want to do. Watch it carefully and find its defining characteristics. Then talk with teachers about those characteristi

Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread Myk Dowling
Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote: > --- On Wed, 11/19/08, Myk Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Argentine Tango is a social dance, with no ruling body to define and >> control it. As such, it is free to adapt to changing preferences of the >> people who dance it. > > - > > That’s an ex

Re: [Tango-L] Serpentine youth in Zagreb..look out!

2008-11-19 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Myk Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Argentine Tango is a social dance, with no ruling body to define and control it. As such, it is free to adapt to changing preferences of the people who dance it. - That’s an excuse, not a reason. There’s a difference. Good pos

[Tango-L] The Milonga solution

2008-11-19 Thread Mario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5VTQb7nc9c   This couple's Milonga dance is a breath of fresh aire and very instructional to the up-tight and can't-get-it-right Tango dancers who usually sit out this song. First of all; all steps are in Parallel footing and there is never a doubt about what is ha

Re: [Tango-L] The closest-to-perfect tango couple

2008-11-19 Thread Jack Dylan
I love the exuberence of youth as displayed by Pablo Rodriguez & Noelia Hurtado. But for other extreme you need go no further than Mario's previous YouTube video of Javier Rodriguez and Andrea Misse. Elegance personified. Jack > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I wonder.