Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote: > I didn't read that in Anton's statement, but I did read a reflection > of what I do see happening. That people are too willing to have an > "anything goes" philosophy about tango without really thinking through > the implications. Inexperience? Laziness? Excuses? > I'm not one of them. I think there is range of styles that can currently be called "Tango", and I think that range mutates over time, and trying to prevent that _gradual_ mutation is impossible and undesirable.
That doesn't mean I feel free to dance however I want. My desire is to dance in a way that seems very traditional, when dancing to traditional music. When dancing to nuevo/fusion music, I like to get a bit more experimental, but only a little. > Tango is a dance that anyone can hang up a shingle and call > himself/herself a teacher. There's no qualifying exam or regulations. > So it depends on the voices that are heard to help define what it is. > I think that too often the voices that are supportive of new things in > tango, such as nuevo, are misused. Others take the support of nuevo to > mean "anything goes". But the best of the nuevo practitioners would > not advocate that. In fact, they look for the same qualities that > traditionalists look for, too. Elegance, connection, musicality. I agree entirely. Myk in Canberra _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l