Hi all, I hosted Jon & Judy a couple of years ago and found them to be a nice couple. My impression was that they were just not very informed about the level of teaching going on in the U.S. Seeing that they moved to BsAs quite a few years ago, I can see why that might be.
They did a nice job with conveying feeling and intensity between the couple sentimentio, I think is the word they use. Its that aspect that could be perceived as more "milonguero". They both studied tango in the States when the teaching as pattern-based, so their approach is more "milonguero" in comparison to how they learned it. As far as the "exhibition" side, I think Jon & Judy are aware of the need to do demos to attract people to tango. So they add a few things to spice it up. From what Ive seen milongueros seem to do the same thing. Tetes spun Silvia around in a performance in Ann Arbor (to the delight of their audience). I give Jon & Judy credit for specifying that these elements are for exhibition, unlike earlier teachers who taught big open figures and didnt bother telling people that they couldnt be used in a crowded milonga. Overall, my impression was that they were actually dancing salon. I didnt have any issues dancing with Jon after making two small adjustments: 1) going to the cross automatically when we were outside partner and 2) loosening the embrace slightly at times to make some figures work more easily. The automatic crossing was what I found a little curious. When I started tango many moons ago, automatically crossing was the norm. In the States it is not for the most part. However, Jon indicated that in BsAs, it was still the norm. Any comments about this? Trini de Pittsburgh PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
