[Tango-L] Milonguero is one style of close embrace styles.

[Nina Pesochinsky]

Ricardo Vidort was an awesome social dancer.  He danced with finesse 
and sensitivity rarely seen anymore on a social dance floor.

What you see Julio Balmaceda and Corina de al Rosa dance in a video 
is their creative work in their own technique that has been developed 
over the last 10 years.  It is dynamic and it is about creative 
movement that is unique to their own style.  They are speaking to the 
people who are watching.  If you see them dance at a milonga 
socially, with each other or with other people, you will see 
completely different dancing.   You will never see either one of them 
dance on a social dance floor as they dance in a performance.

What professional dancers have that social dancers tend not to have 
is versatility.  Professional dancers are technically skilled to 
dance in whatever style is called for, depending on the music, the 
partner and the moment.  Professional dancers are dancers who are 
constantly refining and developing their technique and 
artistry.  Most of the best professional dancers in tango came from 
being fabulous social dancers and they took the development of their 
dance much further than social dance requires.

In order to give honor to the dancing of both Ricardo Vidort and 
Julio Balmaceda, it is important to make this distinction.

Best regards to everyone,

Nina


At 10:08 PM 10/30/2006, you wrote:
>It's helpful to know that they don't use the term milonguero in BA like it's
>used in the US. So, what is the terminology used to elucidate the difference
>between Ricardo Vidort and Julio Balamaceda? (see their videos on
>tangovideoproject)
>
>j
>
>On 10/30/06, astrid <astrid at ruby.plala.or.jp> wrote:
> >
> > These semantic dirty tricks are abused and these myths are perpetuated by
> > limited, mediocre "one trick ponies"
> > who wish to drag everybody else into the same mediocrity and to point to
> > themselves as the "authentic, real thing", while dismissing everything
> > else.
> >
> > Gabriel
> > ------------------------------------
> > A list-friend and I used to have this collection of tango videos we would
> > forward to each other, under the title "Videos zum Meckern".
> > I just watched Gabriel's. ; )
> >
> > http://www.elmundodeltango.com/movies/10anniversary/10anniversary.html
> >
> > Astrid
> >
> >
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