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2010-11-16 Thread Romero Migdalia
I just returned from 2 months in BsAs and from one visit to La Viruta and several visits to the DNI studios. On the dance floor I saw very close embrace and also open embrace "a la nuevo" tango. A friend took an advanced class at La Viruta and felt it leaned more to nuevo - but not so "nu

Re: [Tango-L] Some thoughts on connection

2010-11-16 Thread HBBOOGIE1
Bob I think what you’re trying to say is you should never dance over the woman’ s level of skill. For those that think the codes of tango are old and unimportant here is a perfect example of why tandas are played. When you invite a woman to dance the first song is intended to keep it simple

[Tango-L] Question on 'rumour' on nuevo in BsAs

2010-11-16 Thread r...@exemail.com.au
Hi, I was told, by someone just returned from BsAs, that nuevo is something of a spent force there and considered passe and too-far-from-tango. As an example, that even La Viruta has returned to traditional-only? This came as an unexpected (though welcome) surprise - but I find it hard to act

Re: [Tango-L] Some thoughts on connection

2010-11-16 Thread Bob Youngson
It seems to me that the posts lately regarding the 4th of the 5 statements I made in my initial email: "To achieve connection in tango, the man & the woman need to dance as equals", has developed into a constructive discussion on leading/following. Nevertheless, the other 4 points that I made s