First on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 the highest expert level, my musical knowledge is perhaps at best 1. BUT I know one thing for sure.......you have to dance to the beat....why does a normal heart beat around 50 to 99 times a minute, why does the sun rise and set every 24 hours of beat, why does the ebb and flow of tide "beat" predictable. The fact is, and it does not matter, if you're an expert instructor, grew up in BA, visited BA, wrote about Tango and BA or any other association you have with BA, Tango, Argentina it's the syncopation of the music (which by the way, if you did not know) is STRUCTURED. This means we DANCE TO THE BEAT. When my daughter was 6 year old she took, violin lessons, Guest what she learned.....PLAY BY THE BEAT, So let me ask all the "experts" out there, those who are self proclaimed, and those who have earned their right full place in the Tango community, because of your dedication, devotion, why would you support anything other than DANCING TO THE BEAT.
It's the beat which unifies the musicality, syncopation, harmony, equilibrium between the dancers and Tango music. It's the beat, music, instrument and the totality of the tango experience, which for a few minutes of time, creates the passion of the Tango... Do you think you have passion without the beat?,...never. Do you think you can have the sense of oneness with your partner without the beat?..never Without the beat, all that remains it noise, confusion, perplexity, so folk let's get with it dance to the beat. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l