[Tango-L] tango dancers and tango music

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

Hi Igor,

I am hosting a workshop this weekend, so I'll be off of
Tango-L for awhile, but here are a few comments.

> Trini:
> "There is always resistance to change when people are
> asked to expand their comfort zone."
> 
> Igor.
> I hope you did not apply it to me. I am in the comfort
> zone. More than that.

Very good!  But being in an uncomfort zone is how we learn
and grow sometimes, so it's not such a bad thing.


> Carol, who never was able to master tango dance, ...

Was that comment really necessary?

 
> Trini:
> "At milongas, for example, more and more people expect a
> little alternative music to be played."
> 
> Igor.
> I find it exactly opposite. New tango dancers form their
> own dance floor which is to the good of everyone. On
Traditional Milongas they play less and less of alternative
staff if any. Pompous and tasteless music of 1960-1970
hardly played anywhere anymore. 


I don't know what milongas you go to, but that change in
60's-70's music is likely because deejays are getting
better, planning better and are finding a different range
of material.  At the milongas I go to throughout the
Eastern and Central states, they are definitely playing
more alternative music.  And the deejays always report that
people are asking for alternative.  I haven't heard a
deejay report people asking for traditional orchestras.  

Actually, that might be an interesting question to ask the
deejays on this list - what tango orchestras/music are
dancers requesting?

 
> Trini:
> I recall, a few years ago ... Gustavo [ Naviera ] stopped
> calling their
> style "Nuevo" and simply called it "tango".
> 
> Igor.
> Yes, I have heard that too. Explanation? He started to
> dance traditionally:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Sjfo57BB8&NR

That's a milonga, not tango.  

 
> Trini, you live in our own world. Open your eyes!


*laughs*  They are quite open, Igor.  But I listen a lot,
research lots of different sources, and ask a lot of
questions.  And I know what questions to ask and how to
analyse the info (my field is marketing research).  So my
observations have strong bases.  Your observations may be
quite different in your part of the country.

Happy tangos,
Trini de Pittsburgh




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