[Tango-L] Tango's Cultural Heritage

2010-05-26 Thread Romero Migdalia
There is a reason why so many women go to Buenos Aires to dance tango. The embrace is, for me, the quintessential draw, as is the connection with my partner and the silent communication that ensues when the connection is right. I just finished writing a book entitled "Tango Lover's Guide

Re: [Tango-L] Tango's Cutural Heritage

2010-05-26 Thread David Chayes
The only question is: does Tango have a definite, objective identity, or is it's meaning subjective and infinitely maleable? The answer is: tango has an identity, it is what it is, that stays constant, it can be discovered and is independent of whether you WANT to discover it or not. (This is diffe

Re: [Tango-L] Tango's Cutural Heritage

2010-05-26 Thread Ilene Marder
seems to me more and more of the young people of Buenos Aires are dancing traditionally, not "nuevo". And they are fantastic. It's the younger people /outside/ of Argentina who are more into "nuevo". They seem not to be into tango as much as they are into "dancing". I also find an appalling lack