[Tango-L] Argentines born for tango

[Derik Rawson]

Dear Alberto:

Give me a break...lol.

How many US Americans on this list have been dancing
Argentine tango since they were children, say 6 to 12
years old?  That is the question.

Could we please have some answers from some of you
teachers out there on this list?  Also, it would be
nice if you teachers at least spoke Argentine Spanish
as well. Thank you.

Derik
d.rawson at rawsonweb.com


--- Alberto Gesualdi <clambat2001 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:

> Dear friends from tango list 
>    
>   Once again I have to make some rough numbers for
> your enlightnement.
>    
>   1) Buenos Aires is a citiy with 2 million
> inhabitants and 3 million people that come to work
> from Great Buenos Aires= 5 million people.
>    
>   2) Tango social dancing activity is made on local
> milongas, which are around 100 dancing places, not
> open every day , not really big places. So the
> average people dancing tango on a random day would
> be ... around 5.000 persons , with good luck and
> favourable trade winds pushing them to the dancing
> floors :)
>    
>   3) Add if you want the tango paraphernalia that is
> offered every day , music shows , stage perfomances
> ,.dining places , this could add 10.000 that do not
> dance tango socially,but may like to watch a show.
>    
>   4) Season with some cruisers that come regularly
> to the Buenos Aires River port tourist facility ,
> with their cargo of people . Usually they are taken
> to Puerto Madero area, they watch some show of tango
> , eat meat , drink red wine , and return to their
> cabins on board.
>    
>   Tango music is not played on the streets, there
> are no parades of bandoneonists playing La
> cumparsita (which is an uruguayan tango by the way )
> , sorry for great expectations about it.
>    
>   The main event this days is not the Tango
> Festival, but the Cirque du Soleil, that will start
> this weekend their shows on a special facility on
> Costanera Sur, with a sold out of tickets that is
> impressive.
>    
>   On Tango Festival, the entrance is free, and every
> day the office of the festival is crowded with
> people taking out the free tickets, so it is
> difficult to find a seat at any venue, if you arrive
> over the hour, unless you have a close aquaintance
> inside the place, that could let you in .
>    
>   It is a matter of size of the shows , although it
> is presented as a city show, the city of Buenos
> Aires keeps going the pace of the everyday life ,
> the Tango festival would be noticed only the days
> when some major streers are closed for dancing ,
> making a nightmare for the traffic to go ahead .
>    
>   warm regards
>   alberto gesualdi
>   buenos aires
> 
> 
>   
> > > From: Derik Rawson
> > > The Argentines are really great dancers because
> they
> > > start dancing tango when they are 6 years old,
> 
> . Basically, there are as many kinds of
> > Argentines as you can imagine. Or more. ;)
> > --
> > Michael 'Bink' Knowles
> 
> As a matter of fact, there even are Argentines who
> have lived in Japan for a
> number of years, at some point hit hard times with
> their business, then took
> tango lessons, and later declared themselves to be
> tango teacher who has
> danced tango for 15 years or so. One of them takes
> credit for having been
> born in San Telmo, for having been submerged in
> tango from before he learned
> to walk. The first time I met him in Tokyo, in a
> tango workshop, he could
> not even lead a salida, but he does not remember
> that now.
> Having said that, they are still nice guys, you just
> can't believe their
> inflated resume'.
> 
> Astrid
> 
> 
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