[Tango-L] Truth in Tango Advertising & Tango Detente

2009-10-27 Thread Vince Bagusauskas
>What do traditionalists need to do to let attendees know that at their >milongas, one adheres to a line of dance, keeps feet on the floor, and >generally respects the space of other dancers on the floor? It would be good as part of educating what traditionalists and nuevoists (sic?) want is to

Re: [Tango-L] Truth in Tango Advertising & Tango Detente

2009-10-27 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, RonTango wrote: What do traditionalists need to do to let attendees know that at their milongas, one adheres to a line of dance, keeps feet on the floor, and generally respects the space of other dancers on the floor? I don't mean "I can zip around the floor with rapid an

[Tango-L] Truth in Tango Advertising & Tango Detente

2009-10-27 Thread Alberto Gesualdi
rhytm beating :) alberto --- El mar 27-oct-09, Sergey Kazachenko escribió: > De: Sergey Kazachenko > Asunto: Re: [Tango-L] Truth in Tango Advertising & Tango Detente > Para: "RonTango" > Cc: tango-l@mit.edu > Fecha: martes, 27 de octubre de 2009, 2:37 pm > &

Re: [Tango-L] Truth in Tango Advertising & Tango Detente

2009-10-27 Thread Sergey Kazachenko
> Nuevo dancers have 'alternative milongas' with a mix of classic tango, modern > tango, nuevo tango, neotango, and non-tango music. Now I want to know the definitions of "modern tango", "nuevo tango", "neotango" and how they differ from each other. Sergey May you be forever touched by His Noodl

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2009-10-27 Thread macfroggy
It's all about the marketing. There's a new ad in the tango magazines here for classes in "Tango Nuevo Milonguero" !!! Now what in the heck is that? I'm sure the phrase will attract folks who want to be on the "cutting edge" and/or perhaps to dance both traditional and nuevo. I suppose the pro

[Tango-L] Truth in Tango Advertising & Tango Detente

2009-10-27 Thread RonTango
- Original Message > From: Vince Bagusauskas > Subject: [Tango-L] Subject: Re: No place left to dance > > > The point being that "alternative music" implies nuevo moves, that terrifies > some traditionalist people and thus causes much debate. > > However, if the term "alternative mil