Over the last few years, I have been ruminating on these same thoughts and
perceptions.
Periodically, my concern has been quieted when I've had a conversation
about it with dancers in other places ... and they say they having been
feeling the same things.
Whew! It ain't just me.
I like it that e
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:06:49 -0300
From: Shahrukh MerchantSubject:
Re: [Tango-L] Missing Magic
Art and commerce (of art) have always had an uneasy symbiosis, and
Tango is not immune to this. What the recent internationalization
phenomenon has done is upset that balance. International
--- On Mon, 10/12/09, Keith Elshaw wrote:
>
> This thought came up recently:
>
> It's been about 4 years that this kind-of malaise has been
> around.
>
> That's a cycle.
Was that the time of the nightclub fire? I've heard it said that that event
really changed the milongas. When the clubs
Thanks Cherie, Nancy, Shahrukh, Keith, Nina and others who wrote off list
with comments on this thread.
You've all been around this scene for a long time and have experienced,
more or less what I was getting at.
I want to apologize to anyone for whom my posting seemed like an admonition
to forego
, here and now.
alberto
De: robin tara
Para: Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
CC: Tango-L
Enviado: mar, octubre 13, 2009 2:50:31 PM
Asunto: Re: [Tango-L] Missing Magic
Thanks Cherie, Nancy, Shahrukh, Keith, Nina and others who wrote off list
with comments on this thread
So, I'm into tango for 20 years. I swear I'm starting to get it! ;-)
At least, I can't help but feeling things are being revealed. That's why
I'm always on my knees ... a lot going on that one such as me might never
get. Important to pay attention. I look up a lot to try to get it.
Chords
macfro...@aol.com says:
> This nostalgia for what used to be, that life, people, things, milongas
> aren't what they once were, is very tango!
Alberto Gesualdi kindly provided the lyrics:
> We live in the present .
> Our ego clings to the past and our mind tries to hide into the future becaus
In response to my largely rhetorical question between international
interests in Tango vs. local Buenos Aires Tango interests:
> Which do you think is more likely to
> care about preserving traditions?
Tango22 legitimately pointed out (if I may
paraphrase) that foreign wealth and a "convert'
Shahrukh said it so well!
For most Argentines, I would
venture to say, even most of those who dance Tango, the soul of Tango
lies in the music ... For non-Argentines, even those who really care about the
"real
Tango," it is the dance they focus on.
I never thought about it this way