Amenabar made a point about this in his classes too. I don't recall
the exact reference, but it was something like instrumentals are more
complex because they have five parts whereas vocal has only two.
Don't quote me, but someone may remember the exact context.
From: "Pat Petronio"
One p
Vince says: "Sergio, maybe not all men from your parts approach tango in a
scholarly and with a pureness of the heart way adhering to some mythical
codigo. Someapproach it as a pick-up joint, hitting upon visitors in within a
very shorttime. I have read literature about this "shark" behaviour
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> A few weeks ago, I fretted about whether folks were still teaching
> the man's orientation with his back toward the center of the circle.
> Most of the milonga workshops I have attended in recent years
> had the man fac
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>Is this so difficult to understand?
>Knowing all this, and I w
there was a poster for the 2005 new orleans tango fest with a leader in jeans
and a follower in a black dress leaned up against him. the tag lines are "this
is how to dance the tango" and "feeling the blood in the face, rushing with
every beat".
does anyone know anything about it? artist? ori
Myk says: " Maybe the Argentineans need to make up their minds one way or the
other ".
"There's a serious logical disconnect between these two points. If people
go to tango just for dancing, with no "picking up" involved, then there
would be no reason not to dance with a lady who is romantic
> From: "Vince Bagusauskas"
> I think that Australians prefer instrumental more so
> too
>
> A sweeping statement. At Milonga Para Los Ni?os on 31 July
> (Brisbane), excluding 3 brackets from Cuarteto amenabar, I played 31
> instrumental and 25 with vocal, across Tango, vals
