Brian,
>"Pay lots of attention to the opinions of world-class experts when they
>discuss their own area of expertise, and routinely ignore them when they
>express opinions in areas in which they have no expertise". Lately we've
>heard lots of critique of the aesthetic choices of some good soc
Peter Esser sent me an excellent email that he was unable to post on Tango-L
due to formatting. With his permission, I am posting it with some formatting
modifications.
Hi Trini, sure, if you can figure a way to send it to the list, go right ahead.
Could serve as "field research" if there are
What is Tango? (Or Tango Categories) - Part 3 Final
What a Radial Category of Tango might look like.
The following is based on armchair field research.
According to this writer’s experience and observations the category tango is
made up of s
What is Tango? (Or Tango Categories) - Part 2
A radial category structure.
How we human being categorize and conceptualize becomes rather complex as soon
as we take the question seriously –as we should.
Lakoff and Mark Johnson, the latter who is Lakoff’s co-author
Hi all,
I’ve been mulling over Peter’s essay for the past couple of days and examined
how we tend to use terms on this list. For example, we tend to use
“traditionalist” to describe salon and milonguero styles and “nuevo”
specifically for nuevo. Yet, we use “Argentine Tango” to refer primari
Sorry for the additional post, but I should have stated that the phrase "Tango
Categories" in the title was something I added and not part of Peter's original
document. I simply thought that it would be a nice designation so that readers
can organize their emails and thoughts a bit more easily
Congratulations Peter Esser. Very interesting post. It's a really fascinating
topic for me. Probably analy so.
>From the outset I'd like to say that most of the essay went over my head, so
>if I've drawn an incorrect perspective on some theories, please forgive me.
>But does it help me understan
> From: Anton Stanley an...@alidas.com.au
So in my opinion categorisation doesn't
> answer the increasingly difficult questions of !
> what is tango. I believe it is in urgent need of some form of definition.
>
IMHO, this is getting a little silly and overly intellectualised.
'Argentine Tang
Brian Dunn says:
> What do you call someone who can speak, read and write English, Japanese,
> Swahili, and Russian with clarity, precision and humor in all languages? In
> other words, they can improvise successfully in all of them? I would call
> them a "language expert".
Nice post, Brian. G
I would define tango as a ballroom dance, originated in Argentina. The music of
this dance.
The same as I would define Fox-trot as a ballroom dance originated in North
America. The music of this dance.
1. A category is "any general or comprehensive division; a class.
2. a classificatory
I for one think Jack hit the nail smack on the head with his post.
What do they call it again when you stare at some words and they become,
through short contemplation, grotesque absurdities?
"What is tango" when asked by a tango dancer should get that person
banished to a milonga dj-ed by a pers
I have to take exception to what Mr. Merchant wrote.
tt's articulate, well-reasoned, and fair. Quite against the spirit of
Tango_L.
I'm going to have to report him to the moderator.
rde
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Style is:
a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or
character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their
liking.
When we talk of tango styles we have to say that there is an infinite number of
tango styles, each person eventually d
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