On 21/04/11 23:12, Sharon Pedersen wrote: > It's interesting to me to compare the tango situation to the situation > for contradance, which is danced entirely to live music and has a > thriving population of dance bands who play very well for dancers. > > I wonder what makes the difference? From my experience, it's that Contra dance bands are more likely to be playing for the love of it, rather than trying to make a living. But my experience is all in Australia, so YMMV.
Had the chance over the weekend to play Contra music for a packed hall of dancers, and then for a seated audience of roughly four thousand. I'm still buzzing! > Contradance to me is a dance which is inextricably linked to its > music. However, I did recently see a flyer for an "alternative music > contradance," which leaves me thinking very much "ugh!". I wonder what kind of alternative music they thought would suit Contra dancing? We play rags and reels and jigs and such like. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l