[Tango-L] Dancers make music when they dance

[Igor Polk]

Anfractuoso,
( I have change the thread to more appropriate one )

No, no, no offence at all, I loved your post !
You said that it is impossible to dance without music.
Yes, I totally agree.
I say, when we dance without External music, which we are able to do in
Argentine Tango, we play our own music with our dance.
And music plays within us, in our minds. It is not just rhythm expressed and
so forth, it is not a figure of speech, and it is not poetry !

A conductor is a musician, right? I bet you'd say "yes".
Music plays within him, and he even able to conduct the whole orchestra with
movements of his body !
We are not conductors, and we do not play symphonies. But tango music plays
in the mind when we dance without external music. The whole little tango
orchestra. I can hear melody, harmony, not to speak about the rhythm. Some
even sing.

I can see the grin on your face: only musicians can do it ! Well, then we
are, that is exactly what I am trying to convey, but knowing that "real"
musicians ( only those who can not dance themselves ) would not believe me
( some say musicians have "special waves in their minds" ) I restrained
myself in the previous posts to the rhythmical part only.

Now it is out, and I can proudly proclaim: We play music when we dance.
Inside us. It is impossible to dance without music. Dance is the music.

Igor.



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Anfractuoso:
Riiight... [scratching head in amused disbelief] So you chose to
delete/ignore my whole post except quoting only the first sentence
that you can interpret out of context to mean the same as what you
meant, thus reinforcing your poetic thesis. I am sorry but I don't
think even you are certain anymore what ideas you are replying to and
why, and how the reply makes logical sense and connection with the
posts you are replying to.. I think I might stop here (no personal
offence meant; I enjoy poetry very much and write it too)..

Best regards Igor


On 2/28/07, Igor Polk <ipolk at virtuar.com> wrote:
>
> anfractuoso x2 said:
>
> > I claim that you can't actually dance without music.
>
>
> Exactly, Anfractuoso !
> Without external music, but within - it is the whole orchestra is playing,
> and my partner hears that !
>
> That is why I am saying - we play music when we dance. It is not a figure
of
> speech.
>
> Igor. ( answering
http://pythia.uoregon.edu/%7Ellynch/Tango-L/2006/msg04005.html )