[Tango-L] CITA begins in BsAs

Sat Mar 17 10:55:56 EDT 2007

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--- Club~Tango*La Dolce Vita~
<dani at tango-la-dolce-vita.eu> wrote:

> Hi Neil,
>   Very clever, little boy.
>   Did you think up your would-be witticism all by
> yourself?
>   Regards
>   Dani
> 
> Tango Tango <tangotangotango at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Hi Dani.
> 
> I did indeed read your post and I understood it
> fully.
> 
> Please stay away from the Bs. As. milongas.
> 
> Best regards,
> Neil
> 
> 
>   On 3/16/07, Club~Tango*La Dolce Vita~
> <dani at tango-la-dolce-vita.eu> wrote:    Neil,
>    
>   You clearly do not know what the hell you are
> talking about, and you obviously did not read my
> posting correctly. Perhaps it's simply that you
> choose to ignore the what I've actually said and
> have corrupted it to suit your own ego. 
>    
>   Read on...
>    
>   I DO go to BsAs milongas and I DO dance close and
> DO NOT implement wild ganchos and voleos while I am
> dancing. I keep things tight and unobtrusive.
>    
>   I think you should shut your mouth and pay
> attention to what is actually said in a posting
> rather than bleat belching platitudes relating to
> your own corrupt perceptions designed undoubtedly to
> satisfy your own self importance. 
>    
>   I did not insult anyone, yet you seem to think
> it's okay to insult me...!
>    
>   Get your act together, man... if, indeed, that's
> what you are!
>    
>   Dani
>    
>   
> 
> Tango Tango <tangotangotango at gmail.com > wrote:
>   Hi Dani.
> 
> I'm glad you enjoy events like CITA.
> 
> Please stay away from the Bs. As. milongas. 
> 
> Thanks
> Neil
> 
> 
>   On 3/15/07, Club~Tango*La Dolce Vita~ wrote:
> >
> > Dear Tango Bigots, and those on my side,
> >
> > I'm currently at CITA (my 6th participation at
> CITA, and 8th visit to 
> > Buenos Aires for tango!) and I'm sick to death of
> the apparent snobbery
> > directed at the CITA event...!
> >
> > What you get at CITA is a concentration of some of
> the best tango
> > exponents (YES... TANGO!) in the world for in
> effect a fraction of what 
> > you'd normally pay for lessons from such
> experts... YES, EXPERTS!
> >
> > If you don't agree with this, then SHUT-UP rather
> than condemn,
> > criticise and accuse!
> >
> > Haven't you people heard the expression "Live and
> Let Live"...???!!!
> >
> > As we go through the ages, the natural progression
> of ANY form of the 
> > Arts, Martial Arts, Literature... ANY DAMN
> THING!... is the concept of
> > evolution! All things evolve! Anyone with any sort
> of internal creativity,
> > improvisatory skills.... indeed BRAIN!... will
> adapt, create and invent!!! 
> > Isn't that how tango started??? ...an evolution of
> creativity in
> > dance-associated culture governed by music???
> >
> > Come off your high horses and accept that what you
> (and you
> > SPECIFICALLY!) enjoy now - in any form of the arts
> - has come about through 
> > the evolution of many different facets of creative
> skills, intuition,
> > curiosity and invention! We discover ourselves and
> or interests by
> > experimention and creation!
> >
> > The interest in tango - however any particular
> individual interprets
> > that word and art/dance form - has seen a
> WORLDWIDE resurgence of popularity
> > over the past 40 years or so due to the promotion
> of this dance by events 
> > such as CITA and organisers/tango entrepreneurs
> such as Gustavo Naveira and
> > Fabian Salas. It seems that the self-empowered
> 'purists' wish you hijack the
> > success of the promotion of modern tango for their
> own ends. 
> >
> > YES, I agree that one DOES learn (in some ways)
> more from in situ
> > 'hands-on' experience rather than learning steps,
> but consider this:
> >
> > i. Working in classes with exercises, guidance,
> advice etc ...is, in 
> > itself, considerably more beneficial (in other
> ways) by ensuring that bad
> > habits are ironed out, coordination, balance and
> improvisatory skills are
> > improved and honed.
> >
> > ii. It doesn't matter whether the student is
> learning stage stuff, 
> > patterns, fantasia, acrobatics, how to rub their
> bellies while patting their
> > heads, how to juggle lemons or, indeed, angelic
> choral singing...! The point
> > is that they are developing a heightening of their
> proprioceptive abilities 
> > in coordinative, balance, and whatever else -
> skills!
> >
> > Now, taking the above points and examining them,
> can't you all see that
> > these (and no doubt other aspects I haven't
> mentioned) will surely aid and 
> > improve WHATEVER type/style of tango the student
> prefers...???!!!
> >
> > The important thing for anyone to remember is that
> the CITA teachers DO
> > INDEED make it clear to the students that much of
> the stuff they are 
> > learning is NOT APPLICABLE in a normal milonga
> situation...! I know this for
> > a fact!
> >
> > I am not, strictly speaking, getting into an
> argument about so-called
> > 'pure' traditional tango versus [in my words]
> modern/nuevo, or whatever,
> > tango. I simply DO NOT CARE what anyone else
> dances. Just leave me and
> > others who see the benefit of seeking to improve
> ourselves through events
> > such as CITA... ALONE!!! If you can't say anything
> good... SHUT UP and say 
> > ...NOWT!
> >
> > Again, I'm sick of the bleating of the tango
> 'bigots' who think that
> > THEIR WAY, THEIR VERSION (after all, that's all it
> is... a VERSION, albeit
> > perhaps an original version) is the ONLY way and
> suggest that everyone else 
> > is wrong!
> >
> > I dance (I think!) closed-embrace Tango Nuevo...
> and I like it!
> >
> > [All close-minded tango bigots: hate-mail, please,
> to...]
> > Dani Iannarelli
> > Edinburgh,
> > Scotland UK 
> >
> >
> >
> 
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