[Tango-L] Tango World Championship - judging

NANCY ningle_2000 at yahoo.com
Thu Feb 22 18:19:10 EST 2007


Dancesport competitions rely on a syllabus for the
various levels and for evaluation purposes.  Please
tell me where I can obtain an Argentine tango syllabus
that is recognized world-wide.

And Trini:  who IS the best ballerina in the world as
of Feb. 24, 2007?


Apples and oranges, folks.



--- june es <esjune at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Chris
> 
> >Social tango is not an act. It is the real thing.
> When I dance I am acting out the emotions, and their
> range and degree, as 
> suggested by the music. By acting I mean putting
> into action via body 
> language of what I feel in response to the music.
> It's the music that drives 
> me. I guess I am good at being driven by the music
> because I have, through 
> my expression of the music, stirred some partners
> into responses which I am 
> scared to reciprocate after the three minutes or so
> of the dance. Once the 
> music is over, the dance is over. Is my dance not an
> act?
> I hope the above explanation makes sense. I'm
> probably going to get some 
> brickbats for this comment.
> 
> >June, if you can't see these things, how do you
> know the judges can?
> About judging, it is possible that others can see
> what we cannot see 
> ourselves. For example, one workshop teacher spotted
> that I was tense in the 
> chest area and I asked her how she knew because I
> did not know it myself. 
> She was right, of course, and I have subsequently
> worked on relaxing this 
> area.
> There are good judges and bad judges, just as we
> have good and bad dancers. 
> In Dancesport, judges need to be certified through
> examinations in order to 
> qualify to judge.
> Tango competitions are new, perhaps there will be a
> day when teachers and  
> judges hold similar professional qualifications.
> PS. I am going to duck for cover now.
> 
>
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