[Tango-L] Milonga Reviews

[Chris, UK]

Meredith wrote:

> I don't know where you got the idea that I spend my time in the
> practicas sitting ... 

Nowhere. I'm sure you don't just sit.

> you accuse me of going to the practicas for the "show."

Nowhere. I'm sure you don't go just to watch.

But since the subject you brought up here was "sitting at Villa Malcolm" 
etc. and watching the 29 amazing dancers you listed, that is the subject I 
responded to.

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Chris









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*Subject:* Re: [Tango-L] Milonga Reviews
*From:* "Meredith Klein" <meredithleeklein at gmail.com>
*To:* tl2 at chrisjj.com
*CC:* tango-l at mit.edu
*Date:* Fri, 9 Mar 2007 00:12:26 -0300

Chris wrote:
> You've said you look for the amazing dancers and watch them. To glean
> technique. To keep "your finger on the pulse of ongoing developments
> in tango" and to "be part of the community of professional dancers".
>
> All of which you do from your chair.
>
> An average guy looking to dance has very different concerns. He
> necessarily focusses on the guys at the lower end of the range since it's
> they that determine how comfortable or rough the dancing is. Whether the
> dancers at the top of the range are amazing or not makes little difference
> to the enjoyment of everyone else.
>
> Your experience is one of show tango.
>
> His is one of social dance.

I don't know where you got the idea that I spend my time in the
practicas sitting.  No, I go to Malcolm to dance, I dance for hours,
and then I go to La Viruta or Salon Canning to dance some more because
I honestly can't get enough.  That's why I took apart my life in the
US and moved here two years ago.

And I don't just watch the people in the practicas who inspire me, I
dance with them, and sometimes practice with them and talk about our
perceptions of the dance and learn from them.

But somewhere in those 6+ hours between 11:30 pm and 6 am, I often
find myself sitting and I make use of that time to learn what I can by
watching other people.

I think it's kind of funny that after I've written a number of
detailed posts to this list about the social dance scene here in
Buenos Aires, you accuse me of going to the practicas for the "show."
Very strange.





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