[Tango-L] Milonga Reviews

[Jay Rabe]

I thought the Villa Malcolm evenings were practicas. Floorcraft and dancing and connection standards would understandably be poor as compared to a milonga...     J

> From: keith at tangohk.com> To: Tango-L at mit.edu> Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 08:41:01 -0500> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Milonga Reviews> > Hi Everybody,> > After 5 weeks in Buenos Aires, last night I decided to check ot the Tango Nuevo scene at Club > Villa Malcolm. My god, what a nightmare. It was, without doubt, the worst standard of dancing that > I've seen since the 70s disco era; in fact, I hesitate to even call it 'dancing'. Previously I'd > taken the view that Nuevo could be accepted as another style of Argentine Tango, together with > Salon and Milonguero. But, based on what I saw last night, my opinion has changed. It bore > absolutely no relationship with what I consider to be Tango, i.e. what you can see in any of the > mainstream milongas of Buenos Aires. > > So, what was wrong at Club Villa Malcolm? Well, very few couples had a connection or even a proper > embrace, most men spent the whole time looking at their feet, there was no ronda and collisions > were the norm, and don't get me started on the music because it didn't seem to be connected in any > way to what people were dancing. It didn't really matter while they were playing Neo Tango but > when they started to murder some beautiful Golden Age Tango, it became almost too much to bear. > And, finally, there was absolutely no sign of the elegance, style, serenity or beauty that I > associate with Tango.> > My view now is that Tango Nuevo can be good, or even excellent, when danced by professionals or by > trained dancers, but for normal social dancers it's just plain ugly. These people should video > themselves to see how bad they look. But they were having fun so maybe they don't care. But was it > Tango? No way.> > Keith> > > > On Fri Mar 2 20:36 , "Janis Kenyon" sent:> > >Post and read commentaries about the milongas in Buenos Aires:> >http://www.10tango.com/html/baile_milongas.php\?lang=en> >> >First you need to register at the site under Community.> >> >_______________________________________________> >Tango-L mailing list> >Tango-L at mit.edu> >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l> > > > > > _______________________________________________> Tango-L mailing list> Tango-L at mit.edu> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
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