[Tango-L] Musicality and dancing tango to non-tango music

[Chris, UK]

Kushi_bushi The Tangonista wrote:

> i see both answers in the proximate causation definition

The "moves, customs, and behaviors" are proximate causes. They would not 
exist but for the ultimate cause - the music.

> i think it is the interpretation and feeling that make it "your 
> dance" and the movements, etc. that make it tango.

Kushi, attribute your view to the fact that, as you've told us, "your 
dance" is one that "finds much of the traditional tango music whiney and 
uninspiring", "like a bag of cats being mistreated" and prefers "dancing 
to gotan project...".

It's no surprise tango music dislikers assume it must be the moves/steps 
that make it tango. It's like someone who doesn't believe in electricity 
having to conclude that what causes a desk fan to turn is the air 
movement. Despite the pointlessness of such an arrangement.

The believers are the dancers who love the music. It's the music and that 
love of it that makes it tango.

--
Chris