actually, the undeertone of your post is enough and don't bullshit yourself. I have seen milongueros do much worse. besides, if you are dancing with your eyes closed - doubt you have seen half of what I have...
Sent from my iPhone, from somewhere... On 11/04/2009, at 11:16 PM, NANCY <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oh, take a chill pill. I did not use the words nuevo, > milonguero or crap in my post. But your defensiveness > is telling. Maybe my question should have been, if a > dancer is 'messing with' the other dancers, then how > do we get him to stop? And by the way - a milonguero, > by definition, would not do those annoying things. A > dancer or a 'bailarin' as the Argentines say, might. > > > --- Noughts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Really? So a slow milonguero doesn't do this? Or a >> milonguero that >> doesnt follow 'the rules'? Surely it comes back to >> the dancers >> themselves! >> >> Get off the 'nuevo dancers are crap' thought process >> and maybe as >> David says, focus on 'crap dancers suck' rant... But >> who's to say who >> is crap? >> >> O dear, here come the 'tango nazi police' again >> cause I paused when I >> felt pause, but you didn't... Sheesh, I must suck as >> a dancer then >> hey.... >> >> Sent from my iPhone, from somewhere... >> >> On 11/04/2009, at 5:51 AM, NANCY >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> This rant is not new. This justification is not >> new. >>> Here is my question: Who decides if you are >> "messing >>> with the other dancers or the line of dance"? It >> isn't >>> just physical contact that is bothersome. The >> whole >>> rhythm of the pista can be thrown off by very slow >>> volcadas or high boleos. I can always tell when >> there >>> is a thoughtless dancer behind me because my >> partner's >>> musicality is thrown off trying to protect me from >>> abrupt stops or backsteps or leader boleos. And >> yet >>> TL is completely oblivious to what is going on >> behind >>> him. >>> >>> >>> --- David Thorn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> larrynla wrote: >>>> >>>> A lot of stuff. >>>> >>>> Bravo and thank you. >>>> >>>> [rant] If we are not messing with other dancers >> or >>>> the line of dance, etc., what is wrong if we >> express >>>> our feelings as we wish through our dance? Is >> Tango >>>> an art form or is it merely a stilted, codified >> and >>>> over prescribed set of step patterns, as bad as >> the >>>> worst excesses that one might find in the >> ballroom >>>> world? Does it diminish you to let me dance >> tango >>>> as I wish? I think that it is the self appointed >>>> "purists" who fail to dance tango, and should >> rename >>>> their dance to "Codified Tango." Larry and Rod >> both >>>> made the point that the by the time the second >> tango >>>> dancer hit the floor, tango had become "Nuevo" >> and >>>> it has remained so ever since. >>>> >>>> If you would like to copyright the term 'Tango', >> you >>>> are welcome to try. In the meantime, the word, >> and >>>> the dance, belongs to the world. [/rant] >>>> >>>> David >>>> >>>> >>> >> > _________________________________________________________________ >>>> Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that >> grows >>>> with you. >>>> >>> >> > http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage1_042009 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Tango-L mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tango-L mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
