.. "I would like to add for consideration, that "ratified by Buenos Aires Tango" doesn't mean very much" . . .
I wholeheartedly agree - first of all - there is noone here in BsAS that "ratifies", second, Tango is - like all in Life - subject to constant evoluton, third, Tango IS not just Argentine, but danced all over the world - like it or not - agree or not -it is reality - amazing how many concepts, interpretations and analyzing is out there - poetry no longer is poetry if analyzed. A Rose is no longer what it is, if all analyzed why it smells and how and if - nor is a kiss, nor is mystery, nor is a scent . . . it is NOT science, it is an art, an experience, poetry . . . how many subjective ideas and explanations are floating around. . . why? What does it do? Does it make you a "better" dancer? Rodolfo Dinzel once made an interesting remark: ' . . . there are those who want to "have" the Tango, and there are those who "are" the Tango . . ." now what does he mean by that? also " there are those who are creative and simply dance . . and then there are those who copy the ones that are creative . . " hmmmm . . . food for thought? On 8/13/09, Anton Stanley <an...@alidas.com.au> wrote: > Brian wrote: " and many of us have seen them bring this mastery to the > social floor of the milonga with consummate taste, complete awareness of the > ronda, and inspiring improvisational skill." > > Brian, could you name a few social milongas where you have seen Gustavo & > Giselle dance like in the video. If indeed they danced like that at a > typical, say Buenos Aires milonga, I would call them a menace and it would > completely destroy my dance experience on the floor with them. On the other > hand, if I were part of the audience in the video, I would be enraptured to > watch them all day long. > > Whilst agreeing wholeheartedly with your comment: > "Like Paris in the 1900's, cool things may happen elsewhere on the cultural > frontiers. But until current tango developments are "ratified by Buenos > Aires Tango", whatever that may mean to a given individual, it makes sense > for that individual to assume that they're not really "the thing" yet. And > this mechanism alone will serve to effectively define for all of us, through > the coming decades of further development, what at any given moment is > really "Argentine Tango". > I would like to add for consideration, that "ratified by Buenos Aires Tango" > doesn't mean very much, and maybe the thought should be more on the lines of > "what's mostly danced". Just because something might be in the R&D stage of > development, doesn't make it a successful product. > > Anton > > _______________________________________________ > 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
