[Tango-L] Fwd: Embellishment Queens

[Andrew RYSER SZYMAÑSKI]

--- Deby Novitz <dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:04:39 -0300
> From: Deby Novitz <dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com>
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Subject: [Tango-L] Embellishment Queens
> 
> This happens because every so called Tango Diva that
> visits the U.S. and 
> elsewhere teaches a workshop on adornments and
> embellishments for 
> women.  So women learn the brushes, the circles, the
> what evers.  Then 
> they try to use every single one in a dance because
> then they think they 
> will look like (take your pick) Geraldine,
> Guillermina, Alexjandra, 
> Graciela....They think (my sense anyway..) that
> using all these 
> adornments make them look "professional".
> 
> The statement that I get the most from women is "I
> want my feet to look 
> like yours"  followed by "Can you teach me how to do
> make my feet like 
> yours?" or the variation " I have taken so many
> classes on adornments 
> and I still cannot do them." 
> 
> Once again...it is the music...I only do
> embellishments if the music 
> asks for it.  I use them sparingly.  Sometimes never
> in a dance, 
> sometimes several times, and NEVER if my lead does
> not permit it.  A 
> woman should never dance against the lead or on her
> own.  (Yes, I know, 
> we had this discussion last month) If a woman does
> not know the music 
> and she starts throwing in all these adornments, not
> only does it look 
> awkward, it throws off her partner.  I have yet to
> see a class where the 
> adornments are taught as part of musicality.

Too true! It's so upsetting when you dance with a
woman who thinks she can only assert herself by
cramming in as many times she can the same 3-4
embellishments as often & as mechanically as possible
without paying any attention to the music! Only 5% of
the population are tone deaf [amusia]; do they all
dance tango?

After all, the biomechanical function of
embellishments is to re-establish your balance
[usually by widening your base of support]- what do a
lot of adornos say about your sense of balance?

Cheers,

Andy.

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Andrew W. RYSER SZYMAÑSKI,
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