[Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread Brian Dunn
Sergio wrote: "When you are a good dancer and know several tango styles you adjust your dancing to the available space, the music, your partner, the moment, the circumstances." Here's Gustavo & Giselle dancing their majestic version of "Don Juan" - combining tight corridas, intimate embraces, and

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread Anton Stanley
Brian wrote: " and many of us have seen them bring this mastery to the social floor of the milonga with consummate taste, complete awareness of the ronda, and inspiring improvisational skill." Brian, could you name a few social milongas where you have seen Gustavo & Giselle dance like in the vide

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread bettina maria fahlbusch
.. "I would like to add for consideration, that "ratified by Buenos Aires Tango" doesn't mean very much" . . . I wholeheartedly agree - first of all - there is noone here in BsAS that "ratifies", second, Tango is - like all in Life - subject to constant evoluton, third, Tango IS not just Argent

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread Anton Stanley
Bettina wrote: " Tango IS not just Argentine, but danced all over the world - like it or not - agree or not -it is reality" Hard to argue against that sort of logic. So why do we want to persist preserving a label of "Argentine Tango", a label I might add which only exists outside of Argentina to

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread bettina maria fahlbusch
There are as many "styles" in tango as there are couples - if you look closely - each couple on a dance floor has their very own unique style - there is no one like the other, yes there may be similarities, some similar steps or moves, but each has their own expression and flavor. why does everyth

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread Anton Stanley
Hi Bettina I emphasize with you. However why do you say Tango is Tango is Tango, when it appears to me that you mean dancing is dancing is dancing! You're using a label without explaining what the label means. Anton ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mi

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-13 Thread Jack Dylan
> From: Anton Stanley an...@alidas.com.au >  In my own corner > of the world, there might be Tango as danced in Sydney, or Tango as danced > in Brisbane. > By all means give it those labels, if you want. But if it's not the same as they dance in Argentina, please don't call it 'Argentine Tang

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-14 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Brian Dunn wrote: > Here's Gustavo & Giselle dancing their majestic version > of "Don Juan" > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FOjT959J0 Thanks for the video, Bryan. They dance it beautifully, but to my eye, it's not quite right. As if there's a little too much work i

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-15 Thread bettina maria fahlbusch
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FOjT959J0 Trini says: " . . . Thanks for the video, Bryan. They dance it beautifully, but to my eye, it's not quite right. As if there's a little too much work involved. Personally, I would have preferred touches of nuevo instead of swaths in their performanc

Re: [Tango-L] "Nuevo" Dancing to Di Sarli: "Don Juan" - Gustavo & Giselle

2009-08-25 Thread Alexis Cousein
Anton Stanley wrote: > Brian wrote: " and many of us have seen them bring this mastery to the > social floor of the milonga with consummate taste, complete awareness of the > ronda, and inspiring improvisational skill." > > Brian, could you name a few social milongas where you have seen Gustavo &