I enjoyed reading the different positions offered in regards to tango styles. One missing point in this discussion is simple economics. = Tango Nuevo proliferates because there is a demand for it!! =20
>From the student perspective learning Nuevo Tango is a matter of = individual esthetic and personal connection with the dance and music. I would find = it difficult to express my feelings in Nuevo style while listening to the = words of "El Choclo". -- "Vieja milonga que en mi horas de tristeza, traes a = mi mente tu recuerdo cari=F1oso". =20 But as I said before that is a personal choice. Students are free to = choose what they want to look like on the dance floor as they listen to words = and musical notes. Perhaps the traditional AT form and expression feels oppressive and too conforming... too square. So let's look different = and cool... yeah !! The second issue addresses instructors. Here economics plays a larger = role. We all know that competition in a free market economy only allows the = best to prevail. If you cannot succeed as a top professional in a given area = you then need to change strategies. Product differentiation is an old = trick to bring the worse in one area to the top on another. So NUEVO TANGO emerges... A new space where one can claim to have mastered certain movements and thus command $$$ for services rendered.=20 In a rare moment :-) I agree with Nina's posting. It is a matter of maturity and experience (or perhaps not). One thing is certain... as = long as people are willing to pay for Nuevo Tango classes you will find = someone teaching it. The creation and marketing of Nuevo Tango is a great strategy to create = a niche on the market where one can exploit and earn a decent living. = Lets market, and sell... and does sexy sell?? Sure it does. Package some of that "sexiness" with pictures of exotic places and birds and voila!!! = You have created the perfect vacation package for those seeking the thrill = of an exotic and sensual experience. Such experience promises to move the = novice tango dancer away from the drudgery of their daily life and work. = Perhaps a few days in an exotic place away from bills, children, church, neighbors = and the white picket fence with 2 cars garage will re-energize my life. =20 Nuevo Tango is giving a voice for those dancers that find it difficult = to connect with the culture, feelings and emotions associated with the more traditional form of AT. Amaury -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf = Of Nina Pesochinsky Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:35 AM To: tango-l@mit.edu Subject: Re: [Tango-L] New "nuevo tango" Sacrifices Tradition and Grace Great article. Thank you, Huck. I think that it is OK that they dance that way. For now. If they=20 are under 30, they probably do not have the inner resources to=20 appreciate the finer things of tango that the author refers=20 to. Some of it may be even scary for them. But if you give them 10 years or so, they might change. By that=20 time, all of the current traditionalists of whatever age might be=20 dead, and so these people will be the future dancers. And they will=20 not dance as they do now. This stuff is deeply unsatifying after one=20 achieves a level of maturity that commands self-respect. So tango nuevo is a great trick meant to suck in the young and=20 innocent, and keep them there until they become smart enough and=20 mature enough to be trusted with the real thing. Nina At 08:22 PM 4/16/2008, Huck Kennedy wrote: >On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:04 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Here's a great article by Terence Clarke on Tango Nuevo, with the=20 > popular DNI > > school in BsAs as an example of what he terms "Playground Tango": > > > > http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/15/125453.php > > As I read through this article, I was so hoping for a cargo pants >reference and almost thought I was going to be disappointed, when >finally--Yes!! It showed up in the next-to-last paragraph. >Fantastic! > > Bravo, Mr. Clarke. > >Huck >_______________________________________________ >Tango-L mailing list >Tango-L@mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l