[Tango-L] Mundial de Tango 2006-non US participants

[Tango Tango]

Americans don't need to go to Argentina. We already know how to dance tango,
thank you very much. Besides, as a long-time teacher of authentic Argentine
tango, I've now improved tango so much that it's impossible to demonstrate
my superior skills on a crowded dance floor.

Neil


On 8/29/06, Alberto Gesualdi <clambat2001 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>
> Hi June
>
>   I have some theories about non US participants this time 2006 , some of
> them , for what they could be useful or not
>
>   1) More than 80% of people registered into the tournament were young
> people  (> 35 ). This was commented by local newspapers , and Clarin local
> newspaper made a special article about this question of age as compared with
> previous editions of this tournament.
>
>   2) There is nothing like a previous arrangement , you came to this
> tournament on your own , at your own risk, the organization just take your
> registration and tell you when you have to contest .There were no organized
> assistance for no spanish speaking assistant, more than the individual
> effort of the persons within the organization to give a hand.
>   The invisible motto of this festival is "You know where we are , help
> yourself and be smart to arrive" .
>
>   If you compared this organization with the organization of Daniel Rofman
> World Tango Festival ( with Aurora Lubiz and Jorge Firpo as hosts in the
> last edition), differences arise inmediately.
>   Of course, for the world tango festival you have to book in advance ,
> pay the fees, etc.etc.. but once you pay, the organization takes care of
> you.
>
>   This world festival still lacks and organization abroad .The embassies
> made some help with promotion and assistance, but do not put money in the
> event.
>
>   3) There were some dancing classifications abroad, made by a company ,.
> TCS, which has been  appointed as the official company by the local town
> hall of buenos aires to carry on the activities of organization of
> selections in those places that ask for that . The organizer of the local
> tango community has to pay u$s 3.000 to this company for fees, and sending
> of judges , that has to be lodged, feed, etc.. etc.. For the winners of the
> local contests abroad, there are no payment of any fee or reimbursement, so
> , once again, you are travelling on your own , two plane tickes, one week in
> Buenos Aires ... all in all it must be around u$s 4.000 or u$s. 5.000expenses, to receive a prize of u$s
> 1.650 ..... it does not look quite tempting, doesnt it ......
>
>
>   4) You may ask Mr Robert Duvall for extra reasons, he was sitting at the
> first row of the finals , watching all the couples intensevely. Being Mr
> Duvall appointed a Fellow of the Academia Nacional del Tango, and Tango
> Ambassador to USA, well, maybe he knows a bit more of the reasons for this
> show off for american people in this contest.
>
>   Maybe there are too many contests, and it is not so interesting to come
> , or maybe people in USA have their own contests within the country , that
> can be more practical to assist .
>
>   There is also the fact of security, local rentals of properties for
> tourists have a severe drop this past months, due to the problems in
> security at airports. Specially after the aborted plan in London airports,
> the comment around here in Buenos Aires was about a sudden flow of
> cancellations of reservations for rental in properties ,. a 12 hours flight
> from USA to Argentina seems to be a potential target , and although controls
> are reinforced , security here is not yet a 100% safe at airports.
>
>
>   Well, hope that for 2007 this will change :)
>
>
>   warm regards
>   alberto
>
> june es <esjune at hotmail.com> escribió:
>   I notice the absence of participants from USA. I found this curious.
> Could
> anyone offer any ideas why no one from the US participated?
>
>
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