[Tango-L] Argentine Tango on Dancing with the Stars

[Tango Tango]

The fact that argentine tango is a cultural dance seems to have been totally
overlooked by American 'teachers' too.

Neil


On 9/22/06, JFPaloma at aol.com <JFPaloma at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I would encourage everyone who has an opinion about what was presented as
> Argentine Tango last night on DWTS to e-mail the show.   Argentine  Tango
> will
> always be looked upon as a step-child by mainstream shows/films and  their
> producers unless there is a tremendous and articulate  protest.
>
> We need to do this, not only to defend the dance we all love, but so that
> what we saw last night doesn't stay inside us and eat us up.
>
> And we need to address the fact that when a presentation of
> Argentine  Tango
> is made, the music should be a TANGO.  The fact that Argentine Tango  is a
> cultural dance seems to have been totally overlooked by the producers
> and  the
> music director.
>
>
> If you go to abc.com and then to the Dancing With the Stars
> message  board,
> you will see that the thread about bad tango performances has  already
> started.
> But at this point there are only a few.  If the  message board is flooded
> with postings, the producers will pay attention.
>
>
>
>
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