Re: [Tango-L] Misc:Missing Magic

2009-10-12 Thread Shahrukh Merchant
About a week ago, Robin Tara wrote: > You know, I danced in the milongas of Buenos Aires, New York, Montreal, San > Francisco, Boston and London beginning 1993. > ... > There was a magic then that has been missing for me in today's milongas. > ... > Things began to change drastically in the milong

Re: [Tango-L] Misc:Missing Magic

2009-10-12 Thread NANCY
--- On Mon, 10/12/09, Shahrukh Merchant wrote: I'm guessing that, at this point, the majority of list members were not dancing in Buenos Aires at regular milongas (i.e., not counting just visiting for festivals) on a semi-regular basis pre-2001. But there is probably a significant minority wh

Re: [Tango-L] Misc:Missing Magic

2009-10-12 Thread macfroggy
"Did the world really change around me, or did my perception of the world change?" That's the crux of the question, isn't it? Please tell me what in this world has not changed since 1993? Whether it's the same as it was "then" or not isn't relevant, especially to people who came to tango m

[Tango-L] Missing Magic

2009-10-12 Thread Keith Elshaw
Over the last few years, I have been ruminating on these same thoughts and perceptions. Periodically, my concern has been quieted when I've had a conversation about it with dancers in other places ... and they say they having been feeling the same things. Whew! It ain't just me. I like it that e

[Tango-L] Portland Tangofest Finds

2009-10-12 Thread m i l e s
I thought I'd be a good samaritan and pass this along to anyone that may still be looking for their things that they lost at PDX TangoFest. Please pass this along to everyone you know that went... Begin forwarded message: From: Marion Newlevant

Re: [Tango-L] Tango Scores

2009-10-12 Thread Ming Mar
>Just wondering, without checking the scores, is it possible to recognise the >difference between 4x4 and 4x8? No. ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l

[Tango-L] Tango in Toulouse-Part 5

2009-10-12 Thread randy cook
Tango in Toulouse--Part 5 Friday, July 3, 2009 10:00 PM Espace Cultural Lalande is a community center on the north side of Toulouse.   Tonight's concert-dance at Lalande features La Mariposa, a local octet which plays tango in the styles of Di Sarli and D'Arienzo.  Four of the musicians are wom