[Tango-L] Respect and love of cultures

[AJ Azure]

Good to hear about the reaction. As for nostalgia, I'm not sure you get the
intended meaning. Old swing and hot jazz come from the same time period and
are still performed but, their creation in the past makes them create
nostalgic feelings. Nostalgia does not mean dead.

-A


> From: Ilene Marder <imhmedia at yahoo.com>
> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:18:34 -0500
> To: WHITE 95 R <white95r at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <azure.music at verizon.net>, <tango-l at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Respect and love of cultures
> 
> AJ-
> I have recently produced stage shows  at a 250 seat theater which played
> to  full houses, attracting non tango dancers as well as the core tango
> community here..
> My tango shows feature classic tango (live music and dancers) and one
> which involved tango, swing and salsa with part live part recorded
> music.  From my point of view there is no question that you should
> absolutely use classic tango...besides from remaining true to the genre,
> it gives good contrast with the other dance music.  From my experience,
> the ticket buying public  is coming to see tango - the real deal... not
> a hybrid.   If you feel it necessary to show the evolution of  the dance
> and music, then stage a nuevo number to illustrate...but I find
> show-goers are enchanted by the sound and feel of classic tango and
> often ask me where they can get a good cd....
> 
> Classic Tango music is NOT nostalgia... it is a vital, living art form
> that has survived some 80 years and is still  thrilling people and doing
> what is was intended to do -- inspire profound communication between two
> people and the music.
> Ilene
> 
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