For me, quite simply because it's not. It's Argentine. Just the updates to the style are 'new'...
2009/7/31 Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patan...@yahoo.com>: > > > --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Noughts <damian.thomp...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I wonder why we hypothosis that >> "Nuevo" is not tango, when it was only >> ever an extension of tango and a breakdown of how they >> danced salon >> and then using it in different ways.... > > > I'm not hypothesizing that Nuevo is not tango. I don't see that it can't be > tango the same way Finnish Tango is a type of tango, or International Tango > is a type of tango. Why insist that extreme Nuevo is Argentine Tango? > > Someone correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Chicho et al find their success > outside of BsAs? Aside from Piazzolla (who was a New Yorker), isn't there > quite a bit of influence from world music? Which again leads us to, why > insist that Nuevo is Argentine? Why insist on keeping that tie? Why do > nuevo extremists continue to position themselves in a defensive position? > Why not really take Nuevo into a more positive direction? Why don't extreme > nuevo-ists really just give themselves more freedom if that is what they > want? Incorporate those rumba moves if you want without having to defend > doing so. > > In this digital age, gung-ho nuevo dancers could just set up their own > listserv (like Tango-L) and exchange ideas/videos. They don't need the > blessing of the "fathers of nuevo". Can't be that hard to recruit people who > attend the nuevo festivals. > > I also want to be clear about something. I really like Sebastian and Mariana > as teachers and dancers. They are lovely people. I really enjoyed their > classes in Baltimore a few years ago, and I wish I could go again this year. > I had planned to to, but I don't think we can. I wish I could be as creative > as those two. But it doesn't make sense to me that such talent would need to > limit itself to "Argentine Tango". Why not "World Tango"? > > Trini de Pittsburgh > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
