[Tango-L] Social tango definition

Igor Polk ipolk at virtuar.com
Tue May 2 16:44:15 EDT 2006


I think there are 3 types of tango:

- Show tango, when you dance for someone to watch, perform as an artist. It
requires guts and artistic skills!
- Personal tango, when you dance for your partner and yourself only, when
you are looking for dance trance ( or whatever else you call it ),
and
- Social tango, when you come to meet with your old friends, make new
friends, communicate, chat,  learn something new, experience touch,
cooperate in a united activity, help a beginner, just live as a social
being.

These are the only differences between them. Everything else: what you dance
and how is irrelevant. These 3 are not defined by any dance styles.

Someone dance show tango, but in fact it is a Personal one.
And someone dance Personal, and it appears to be a Show!

Igor




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