Mario wrote -----> Oscar Casas teaching ganchos and leg wraps? Joe Grohens wrote -----> As has been amply explained, this stuff is NOT tango. I believe that videos like this should be posted on nuevo-l.
Au contraire. Almost all of the nuevo tango moves were invented by the milongueros long ago. Look at some of the old black-and-white videos on the Web. You'll see lots of volcadas, for instance, invented before the oldest nuevo dancers were even born. The only supposdedly nuevo movement that I believe is new is the colgada, and that's simply a parada out of an ocho that lets the half turn continue into three- quarter, full, or even into several turns. The sacada and boleo are very old movements. They were around at least in the 1940s, because one of the TodoTango.com interviews with a contemporary of Porteleo (Carlos Alberto Estevez) mentions that he was famous for working out how to add them to giros. You'll also see some movements that no one today has copied, even nuevo or show dancers. El Cachafaz and Rodolfo Cieri, for instance, can be seen in the following videos lifting their left legs and seemingly kicking their partners on her butt! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yv9V-3APpc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhQOp9is5ik You will also see some of the famous milongueros breaking the rules that many consider correct. For instance, Petroleo was known for getting so excited by the music that he raced around the floor on his toes, dragging his poor partner along beside him rather than keeping her in front. (That was partly the fault of the partner, who should have leaned into him more.) Only recently have tango performances been done by trained professional dancers. Before them shows were done by the milongueros and their partners. Virulazo (Jorge Martín Orcaizaguirre) in a TodoTango interview told about being a pro in tango shows in the 1950s. Pepito Avellaneda (José Domingo Monteleone) in another TodoTango interview tells a similar story about a later time, when he becoming so popular that people from Europe would pay his travel expenses and his fee to have him perform and teach. http://www.todotango.com/english/creadores/virulazo.asp http://www.todotango.com/english/creadores/pavellaneda.asp In shows the milongueros put their partners at a distance so they could do and lead fancy moves. And they did fancy moves they would not do, nor let anyone else do, on a social dance floor. As is true of thoughtful nuevo tango dancers. Larry de Los Angeles ____________________________________________________________ Domain Registration - Click Here http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/PnY6rbuwwbDTJtAkMfn4ULB6ngqeS3lhUFVWkIUzjCnRKc6ifk5ea/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l