[Tango-L] Gavito cont.

[Lexa Rosean]

> wow charles
as ever I am so grateful to have your gentle and wise soul in our  
tango community. thank you for your insightful understanding of the  
nature of my original post. I was truly overwhelmed by my experience  
and did not mean for it to be an advertisement. I also thank you for  
sharing your own wonderful memories of Gavito in our midst.
abrazos
Lexa
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> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:49:31 EDT
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> To Aron and others,
>
> No, Lexa was not making a blatent advertisement. Many of us have  
> very fond
> memories of Gavito and the original milonga at DanceSport was very  
> popular and
> attracted many good dancers. Gavito was very gracious to many. It  
> is hard to
> think about the milonga without remembering him. The new space is  
> very nice I
> for one never studied with Gavito but was often complimented by him  
> for my
> dancing. He was generous that way like he was to Lexa.   and BTW,    
> Lexa is one of
> the very few women who really know how to lead properly. Like him  
> or not, or
> his dancing style, he was a presence and a strong spirit in the tango
> community. He taught everyone that you did not have to do much. It  
> was possible to
> distill
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:07:53 EDT
> From: Crrtango at aol.com
> Subject: [Tango-L] Gavito cont.
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> Sorry, hit send button.
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> Gavito taught us that it was not necessary to do elaborate steps.  
> It really
> was about feeling and music. All the steps one learns are about  
> learning to
> dance better, with quality of movement, not about more elaborate  
> steps. Some
> tango "stars" want you do dance like them. Gavito wanted you to  
> dance well. One of
> my all-time favorite tango quotes was his, when commenting about  
> someone
> doing showy steps on the floor:   "Remember, you are not a bunch of  
> washing
> machines."
>
> The Sunday night milonga at DanceSport is a nice one with good space,
> atmosphere and good music. It is hard to mention a milonga without  
> it being an
> advertisement of sorts. So what? That is not what her posting was  
> about. It was
> about the spirit of Gavito. I miss him, as do many. Check it out  
> when you are here
> in NYC. Or if not, check out some of the others. New York has  
> become a great
> place for it. There are milongas every night, sometimes four to  
> choose from.
>
> Relax, or better yet, practice your walking. Gavito would have  
> liked that.
>
> cheers,
> Charles
>