[Tango-L] Energia (energy)

[Derik Rawson]

Dear Lucia:

Good morning....

Sergio said

Energy is generally used in tango in the sense of 
"vigor" or intensity of action.

He is not just talking about speed, right?

Derik
d.rawson at rawsonweb.com


--- Lucia <curvasreales at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:

> Sergio, I beg to differ...
>   
>   Energy is, well, energy - not speed. Even an
> essentially slow dancer as  Andres Amarillo may, on
> ocasion, dance fast - this won't make him look 
> energetic (this is not in a pejorative sense - he is
> so by nature, like  so many other people.)  For
> energy in Tango one has to look at  Daniel Lapadula.
>   
>   Lucia
> 
> Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990 at hotmail.com>
> escribió:  Evan Wallace ends his discussion of Axis
> and energy saying:  "...If 
> experienced dancers can't get within 180 degrees of
> the same answer, what is 
> a beginner to do?...
> 
> I entirely agree with Evan.  When discussing axis or
> energy one should  know 
> the meaning those terms have in the dance world in
> general or better yet in 
> the tango environment in particular.
> 
> Energy is generally used in tango in the sense of
> "vigor" or intensity of 
> action.
> 
> As you know tango music has different moments, some
> are very calm, slow, 
> peaceful   called "adagios" and others in contrast 
> are very rapid, called 
> "variaciones" (variations).
> 
> >From the point of view of the dancer those moments
> are said to be done with 
> different "energy" or intensity of action.  You
> dance the adagios in a calm 
> way and the variations in a more  rapid fashion.
> 
> Axis in tango has more than one meaning ...but that
> is another story.
> 
> Have a pleasant evening.   Sergio
> 
>
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