[Tango-L] Modern dance incorporates a few tango moves

[Keith]

Mario,

I think you've got this backwards. I believe these are supposed to be 
Tango dancers so it's not modern dance incorporating a few Tango poses, 
it's actually Tango incorporating a lot of modern dance moves. The question 
is, when does it stop being one and become the other. On that I have no 
comment. 

However, if Tango dancers are going to incorporate a lot of Latin dance 
figures, then they should really take lessons in Latin dance technique. 
The underarm turns in this video look a lot like really bad Rumba or, even 
worse, really bad Salsa. IMHO,  Chicho should stick to Tango as he's no 
Latin dancer. Fortunately, in this video, he's saved by his parner, Juana. 

Just my opinion.

Keth, HK


 On Thu Apr 17  9:14 , Mario  sent:

>It's nice to see modern dance incorporate a few tango poses.
>  They sure have come a long ways since ballet slippers..at least now,
>  it's modern shoes and some more contemporary movements.
>   
>  http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=z5zBmnShASA&feature=related
>