As an unrepentent traditionalist, I have only a small bone to pick with
Nina. I don't think that a trip
to Argentina makes or breaks the ability and/or desire to dance real
tango. I know several couples who dance
traditional tango beautifully who have never been to BsAs. (Students of
ours who ha
Except for references to more recent governments, this article could
have been written in the 1980s. When we were there in 2006
the potholes and sidewalks had noticeably improved compared to the '90s.
So, they've deteriorated.again? And the villas miserias
were much in evidence in the '80s and '9
useful way to remind
followers that they must have all their weight on only one foot.
Abrazos,
Barbara Garvey
Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
>1 - All of the woman's weight is on one foot so that the extended leg is
>weightless. The woman cannot be taking a big step. She needs to fin
Dear Mario et al,
As Sergio wrote, this is an article from the Clarin newspaper. It was
written by one of their regular tango reporters Irene Amuchastegui and
Laura Falcoff.
The translation (by Sergio??) is terrific too.
Mario wrote:
>This guy Sergio can write Do I hear some applause?
>
Yes, Traditional Tango is a better description than Villa Urquiza, and
Sergio's description is apt.
Milonguero style was done at the same time, in the city center, very
simply, in various styles, with major emphasis on walking and back
ochos. In 1993 or 94 Susana Miller opened her school to tea
Amen! This is what was thought of as the best salon (social) tango and
taught exclusively as such prior to 1994. This is what today's younger
(and older!) tango stars learned to dance in the milongas, before
expanding the vocabulary for exibition. Believe me it can be, and was,
done on crow
What I saw was a somewhat typical milonga scene in a small new-ish
community. Line of dance is pretty well observed, no clashes. It looked
like everyone had studied only with the same teacher, and had learned
"steps".That doesn't mean that the teacher taught only steps, he or she
could be teach
Although I am not a fan of nuevo tango, the videos cited are both Homer
and Christine Ladas of San Francisco, and even this traditionalist old
lady can tell my fellow Nuevo bashers that they dance quite simply and
beautifully in line of dance at traditional milongas.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, Al and I heard Piazzolla make this statement at a lecture he
gave in San Francisco on his second and last visit to this city. As I
recall his exact words were "My music is not for dancing". I can't give
the precise date (or year) without research but another friend, John
Rolleri, was
Aside from astonishment that Mario has never encountered the D8CB, he
does have some valid points. Actually our students don't hear about it
until someone asks and we are forced to explain. Al and I do however
teach a 4CB, that is a salida from 2 to 5. In over 20 years of dancing
tango, almos
A comment on airport taxis:
It is my understanding that in some cities taxis pay a special tax to
pick up passengers at airports. This is true here in Puerto Vallarta,
thus it is always much more expensive from the airport into town than
vice versa. In fact here only specific taxis can pick up a
the way we thought
about tango in1987 and is our basis for judging dancers to this day.
This scene in Tango Bar is probably as close as it is possible to get to
the Golden Age of tango.. There are a few clips on Ney Melo's Youtube
page, thank you Ney!
Abrazos,
Barbara Garvey
ste
Does anyone know what the deadline is for entries to Seduced by Tango?
The website doesn't provide a clue . . .
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Dear List,
What I wrote was:
>>>As for the origins of close embrace, Tete was, as far as I know, one of the
>>>first
to teach the style, in 1993 or 4, under the auspices of Susana Miller. In 1994
Daniel Trenner told me all about him, her and milonguero style as the only true
form of social tan
Thank you Charles for pointing out once again (as I have been doing for
over a decade on this very List)
the legendary nature of tango history.
>Some "milongueros" even stopped dancing completely for many years but
as tango became newly popular again and potentially profitable, they
conveni
Al and I are planning an Introduction to Tango event next week for the
curious thrill-seekers of this tropical paradise. It will be 2 hours
long, although subsequent ones may have to be only one hour. We would
like any and all ideas of things to do, to teach, to say, like good
one-liners about
Hi all,
I am looking for a really good description of tango IN SPANISH for our
Spanish-speaking students. My writing & translating abilities aren't
sufficient to do it myself. Can anyone direct me to a website?
Thanks,
Barbara
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>Who is a milonguero?
>>>A few weekends ago, my teacher Florencia Taccetti was
telling me about the days when she was going out every
night dancing in BA, about her favorite partners, who
was going to the same places and where they were going.
The current generati
Hi all,
I have a question about YouTube videos and copywrite. Having read the
copywrite
notice on the YouTube website it seems that no tango videos could
legitimately be
posted, since they all involve copywrited music. So does one just ignore
that?
It seems to me that practice on YouTube is no
Thank you Nina,
Tango is simple, the more you know about it, the more obvious its
simplicity becomes.
It is not easy, it is maybe even hard.
A good many of the weirder discussions on this list
are a result of lexigraphic sloppiness, poor reading skills,
interpretations of ideas filtered
through
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