[Tango-L] open and close embrace

[Nina Pesochinsky]

Manuel,

I have seen all of these dancers at numerous milongas over the last 
10 years (with an exception of Ester Pugliese)  and have seen none of 
them dance like this when they are dancing socially.  When they are 
showing off their dance, sure!  But not socially in the milongas.

I think this discussion has come around about 6-7 times in the last 
decade or so.

Best,

Nina

At 03:49 PM 7/21/2007, WHITE 95 R wrote:
>It's very interesting to read these types of threads. Generally I 
>see a lot of defensiveness and hostility from the so-called close 
>embrace gurus. I've never seen a single thread started by a regular 
>salon style dancer attacking the "apilado" style. The reverse is 
>often true, I really don't know why some people get so hung up on 
>this subject. It's preposterous to keep harping on the evils of 
>"open embrace" and the goodness and light of "close embrace". I 
>found this clip of some dancers dancing a regular salon style and 
>doing firuletes and figures. These guys and their partners I belive 
>are quite genuine, authentic Argentine tango dancers. Anybody who 
>would question their bona fides needs to go back and re-start their 
>tango education ;-)
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN617i5dB2s
>
>It was a birthday party for Alberto Paz, the guys dancing are Mingo 
>& Ester Pugliese, Facundo & Kely posadas and Pupi Castello and Graciela.
>
>Enjoy!
>
>Oh, BTW, in case some of you are wondering, I dance promarily in a 
>close embrace style ;-)
>
>
>
>visit our webpage
>www.tango-rio.com
>
>
>
>
>>From: Amaury de Siqueira <amaurycdsf at yahoo.com>
>>Reply-To: amaurycdsf at yahoo.com
>>To: tango-l at mit.edu
>>Subject: [Tango-L] open and close embrace
>>Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
>>
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>>Recently I have been approached by beginner level dancersasking me 
>>about close embrace dancing.  It appears that in certain 
>>milongasdanced the USdancers believe that close embrace is the only 
>>way to dance tango.  One interestingT-Shirt worn by a male dancer 
>>claimed: "Real Man Dance Close Embrace"The t-shirt was for a St. 
>>Louis Argentine Tango event.
>>
>>
>>
>>I sincerely hope that this topic generate constructivecommentaries PLEASE
>>no flaming.
>>
>>
>>
>>I feel that both close and open embrace serve different andequally 
>>important functions.  Shouldn't we as dancers be comfortable 
>>andfluent in all aspects of the dance?  If so, what are the 
>>benefits ofcriticizing and dismissing one style over the other?
>>
>>
>>
>>If our archives contain past exchanges in this topic cansomeone 
>>provide me dates?
>>
>>
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Amaury
>>
>>
>>
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