> Nuevo dancing was only ever a lot of bad dancing with a few exceptions. > What's different now is that people are less excited by bad dancing.
Chris - On the face of it, this would appear to me to be an outstandingly narrow minded and arrogant statement. It is one thing to say that you don't like the esthetic of Nuevo, or that you don't appreciate any dancer, Nuevo or not, who ignores the conventions established by the organizers of a particular milonga, or who runs into other dancers, etc. But it is entirely another thing to state baldly that Nuevo is per se bad dancing. Don't you think that the ground rules of the milonga, the floor conditions, and the abilities of the dancers might have some impact? Please. What basis have you for stating that, with only "..a few exceptions", Nuevo is just bad dancing? And what makes you state so bluntly that it is not social? Don't you think that "social" also depends on the ground rules of the milonga, the floor conditions, and the abilities of the dancers? Respectfully, David Thorn _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l