OK..maybe this theme was discussed in the archivesshould I therefore only
research archives on Tango-L? ...and never post? I'm sure that some would
love that.
Anyway, the new stuff is all happening in Nuevo, that's why it's called
Nuevo...There
are new combinations and new ways of loo
Mario says ... "My turn-on is the connection. The music is wonderful but the
Tango connection is like making love,
even better in some ways."
Mario, you answered your own question. There are enough leaders and followers
that desire that smooth, soft tango to make the world go around. Don't
My 2c:
First, as has been pointed out before, "close-embrace" and "nuevo" are not
opposites. Nuevo is a way of analyzing the embrace, lead, and step
possibilities. Some of the unique steps that have been developed through this
analysis form the repertoire of modern, often young, dancers who are
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 12:39 PM, Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
> Anyway, the new stuff is all happening in Nuevo, that's why it's called
> Nuevo...
>
> My personal fear is that the close-embrace will be relagated to a few
> speak-easys in BsAs
> and more and more dancers will be expec
Actually, I disagree that nuevo will decrease. It may not be called nuevo, but
it will still be there. The reasons are simple.
Nuevo classes (or, really, classes with tricky patterns) are popular. That
drives the nuevo scene.
But, also, we are all better at some things than others in this dan
Mario:
I'm not sure why you might ask this. All of the decent nuevo dancers that I
know are entirely capable of dancing
close embrace, often do dance close embrace, and in fact may change embrace a
number of times during a song to
incorporate various degrees of light. Although I am sure that
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From: David Thorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Will close embrace go the way of the dinosaur?
All of the decent nuevo dancers that I
know are entirely capable of dancing
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