[Tango-L] Salon again

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I've always enjoyed and respected the tango ability of the best dancers. The 
wonderful mastery of their dance is an inspiration to many of us. I think is 
a shame that some people focus on the steps to the detriment of their 
overall dance. However, I don't think people do this on purpose or that 
teachers neglect to teach the elegance and musicality we all admire so much. 
It's rather that people try to emulate those very wonderful qualities they 
see in the professional couples. The problem is that they lack the natural 
talent and years or practice that the best dancers possess. Naturally, all 
that most people can do is to try to learn and mimic the steps that the 
teacher performs....

Many of us in the tango community have for years tried to propagate the 
tango by different means. We have brought many of the most talented 
performers and teachers. We also travel all over the world to take lessons 
and learn all we can from the dancers we admire so much. Granted, the 
beautiful performances we see and admire are not necessarily appropriate in 
a social dance setting in a crowded dance floor and actually, these 
professional dancers adjust admirably and with complete ease to the milonga 
setting. It's a shame that they are sometimes criticized for their talent 
and skill just because some people who have taken a few classes disrupt the 
flow of the milonga trying their new steps in an inappropriate setting.

I think that a problem arises when some folks try to replicate the 
understated elegance and beauty of the expert's dance in a milonga setting. 
This results in graceless plodding, shuffling or stationary posing. 
Unfortunately, they think they are dancing with passion and connection. 
Self-righteousness can prevent either type from learning to dance with 
elegance and feeling. The latter group tends to think that they are dancing 
very well no matter how badly they look because they are "dancing for their 
partner" and not "for the audience". The truth is that the milonga is 
another place where people do watch and see how the dancers dance and they 
do judge based on what they see. It's a lot like what the rest of us do when 
we observe a beautiful performance by the masters vs. a poorly executed 
parody by someone else. I received a message that said something very 
appropriate about this. The Argentineans have a saying that goes something 
like this: " Bailas del corazon pero todo el mundo esta mirando" = "you 
dance from the heart but everybody is watching"............

Regards,

Manuel


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>From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>
>To: tango-l at mit.edu
>Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Salon again
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:34:36 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Such grace, efficiency, and beauty of movement!  I think in
>the early days of tango in the States, an uninformed tango
>audience missed these elements and instead focused on the
>cool steps.  It's a shame that the quality of movement
>wasn't a focus in the early days.  Lots of missed
>opportunities to study these very important things with
>Argentina's best.
>
>Trini de Pittsburgh
>
>--- Igor Polk <ipolk at virtuar.com> wrote:
>
> > Here is Mariela Franganillo and Jorge Torres tango video:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVjCub9v4yA
> > , if you haven't seen it yet.
> >
> > Igor Polk
> >
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