[Tango-L] Tango-L Digest, Vol 16, Issue 17

Wed Jul 18 10:12:37 EDT 2007

To all the combatants, it would be nice if each of you
would submit a video clip of yourselves performing on
the dance floor.  Like the saying goes "if you talk
the talk you got to walk the walk".  Sincerely Tango
Dan
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>    1. Re: World Class tango dancers.... (Clif Davis)
>    2. Re: Hidden benefits of the wall (Michael)
>    3. Re: World Class tango dancers.... (Nina
> Pesochinsky)
>    4. Re: World Class tango dancers.... (David
> Hodgson)
>    5. Argentine Tango (Sergio Vandekier)
>    6. Re: World Class tango dancers.... (Konstantin
> Zahariev)
>    7. Miles re; Tango Acrimoniousness
> (flame at 2xtreme.net)
>    8. Re: Acrimoniousness (WHITE 95 R)
>    9. Re: Hidden benefits of the wall (was Re:
> Women'stechnique)
>       (WHITE 95 R)
>   10. Re: Acrimoniousness (Keith)
>   11. Re: Women's technique (Keith)
>   12. On the influence of european rhythms in Tango
>       (romerob at telusplanet.net)
>   13. Re: Acrimoniousness (Michael)
>   14. Re: Hidden benefits of the wall (was Re:
> Women'stechnique)
>       (ceverett at ceverett.com)
>   15. Origins (Jake Spatz (TangoDC.com))
>   16. Re: Acrimoniousness (Tango Society of Central
> Illinois)
>   17. helping Argetnine Tango - clarification
> question
>       (Amaury de Siqueira)
>   18. Re: World Class tango dancers....
>       (=?windows-1250?Q?Ecsedy_=C1ron?=)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:47:10 -0500
> From: "Clif Davis" <clif at clifdavis.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] World Class tango dancers....
> To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
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> How can I argue with such flawless logic... 
> Let's dance.
> Clif
> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:05:46 -0400
> From: "Michael" <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Hidden benefits of the wall
> To: "Igor Polk" <ipolk at virtuar.com>,
> <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Cc: Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
> Message-ID:
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> 
> My former teacher gave me an exercise that was
> designed to help me with lapices. I stand on my left
> foot, hook the other foot around it, rotate my
> shoulders to my left, followed by my hips, then by
> my support foot. The idea is to keep turning in a
> circle, each turn being about 1/4 of a circle. The
> turn is to be done slowly to force me to hold my
> axis. After turning on my left foot, I stand on my
> right foot, hook the left behind it, and turn to the
> right.
> 
> I leave tomorrow for the NY tango festival
> (www.celebratetango.com). Looking forward to the
> milonga Thursday on the Staten Island Ferry, leaving
> Manhattan at 4 and Staten Island at 4:30 (same
> boat). The sour news is my favorite NY restaurant,
> Lundys in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay, closed earlier
> this year. I just loved those biscuits.
> 
> Michael
> I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk at virtuar.com>
> To: <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Hidden benefits of the wall
> 
> 
> And how to control it? What methods can one use to
> control the amount of
> pivot?
> 
> Igor
> 
> 
> --- ceverett at ceverett.com wrote:
> 
> > you want.  There's a practice pattern I learned in
> my
> > first year, that
> > has you take one step forward, and then do front
> ochos of
> > 45, 90, 90,
> > 135, 225, 270, 270 and 135 degrees -- wash, rinse,
> repeat
> > 15 to 20 times
> > a day for 6 months and see how good you get.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:12:03 -0600
> From: Nina Pesochinsky <nina at earthnet.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] World Class tango dancers....
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Message-ID:
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> 
> Miles,  don't read this!  It is totally uncivilized!
> 
> 
> I am on my knees begging forgiveness of all the
> well-educated, 
> well-informed, super sensitive, delicate beings on
> this list who do 
> not bother to contribute to the world of tango
> knowledge except when 
> mortally offended.
> 
> And I take full credit for making people like Amaury
> so outraged that 
> their little voices are finally heard roaring
> defending the history, 
> the great maestros, and the glorious history of
> tango and its 
> rhythms!  And they manage to offend most Argentines
> by claiming that 
> tango is not an Argentine product!  Such gorgeous
> idealism and 
> ignorance makes me misty...
> 
> Hey folks, in case those of you who have been
> dancing for a decade or 
> two do not know, Argentine Tango is European!
> 
> You go, Amaury!  I am cheering you on!
> 
> Nina
> Arrogant, abnoxious and bored-to-tears
> 
> P.S. Universal art form?!  I swear that these greedy
> foreigners just 
> want to make my Argentine Tango their own!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:44 PM 7/17/2007, Amaury de Siqueira wrote:
> 
> >Of all postings to this list this posting by Nina
> is
> >the most nonsensical
> >and offensive.
> >
> >Nina is not only arrogant but also misinformed
> about
> >the history of the
> >dance.  Little does she know about the history of
> the
> 
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