Re: [Tango-L] the "3 3 2" rhythm

Aren't most of of Piazzolla's compositions in this "3 3 2" rhythm? BA-da-da-BA-da-da-BA-da BA-da-da-BA-da-da-BA-da etc. --Ira Ithaca, NY ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l

Re: [Tango-L] Pausing and Posing in Tango

Hi, Joe-- At 1:00 PM -0500 6/10/08, Joe Grohens wrote: >By the way, in the Osvaldo Centeno video, what is the music being >played? > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSJLX7OA8Pg D'Arienzo/Mauré : "Amarras" --Ira Ithaca, NY ___ Tango-L mailing

[Tango-L] lyrics translation

Hi, all-- I understand enough spanish to get the gist of these lyrics (beautiful!). Would someone please assist with a good translation? Thanks! Ira Ithaca, NY Dos corazones Waltz Music: Francisco Canaro Lyric: Ivo Pelay Cual dos gotas de claro rocío que en la noche se besan calladas, Cual

Re: [Tango-L] New "nuevo tango" Sacrifices Tradition and Grace

I was at Practica X one night when Dana Frigoli & Pablo Villarazza (the founders of DNI) and Pablo Inza and Mariela Sametband danced improvisationally to music selected by the crowd after a tandem seminar. Milena Plebs showed up to watch them perform and was enthusiastically appreciative. It

Re: [Tango-L] bad, wrong, Nuevo

Hi, Nina-- okay... so for you there's good nuevo & bad nuevo, the difference being "the sex, the embrace, the man-woman thing" ... okay--got it. Thanks! --Ira ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-

Re: [Tango-L] bad, wrong, Nuevo

Hi List, Heather, Nina: So...the real tango music popped out of an egg in some perfect final form...and was accompanied by the birth of the real tango dance in some perfect final form; no evolution, no invention, no experimentation, no new possibilities created or discovered or tested or som

[Tango-L] Gustavo Naveira

Hello, all-- I'm just a journeyman in the world of Argentine tango--and reluctant to join in a fray--but having experienced a bit of Gustavo & Giselle's dancing and teaching, it's hard to imagine that someone might miss the heart connection, depth of feeling, brilliant creativity and inheren

Re: [Tango-L] How the element is called?

I think stepping over one's partner's foot is called a "pasada"... ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l

Re: [Tango-L] traditional tango music

hello, understandably anonymous person-- Of course, tastes vary... You say you have difficulty finding a beat in traditional tango music ?? --Ira At 1:36 PM -0700 9/28/07, meaning of life wrote: >hello all > >after one more miserable practica, i am curious, am i the only >person on earth

[Tango-L] the cross

I asked Pablo Veron some years ago about the cross, at another time when the list was heavily concerned about it. He said that he thought a more rewarding and creative challenge was to explore *not* crossing. --Ira Ithaca, NY ___ Tango-L mailing list