[Tango-L] New 'nuevo tango' Sacrifices Tradition and Grace

[Keith]

Pablo Inza was my very first dance teacher when he and Gladys Fernandez 
visted Hong Kong a number of times in 1995 and 1996. This was in Pablo's 
pre-Nuevo days when he was a very traditional and conservative Tango 
dancer and teacher. All the time was spent on basic technique with no hint 
of any fancy figures. I also know Pablo Vilarazza and Dana Frigoli and have 
attended their classes in Hong Kong and at DNI in Buenos Aires. Pablo and 
Dana are great dancers who are also well schooled in the more traditional 
Tango of the milongas.

The point I'm trying to make is that all the top Nuevo dancers in BsAs are 
equally comfortable in other styles of Tango, including the close embrace 
of the milongas. IMHO, people should first learn more traditional Tango 
and then, if they have the necessary dance ability, they can go on to 
try some Nuevo. 

Unfortunately, Nuevo isn't going to go away, but if the dancers have
already grasped the basic techiques of traditional Tango, hopefully, their 
Nuevo won't look too bad :-).

Keith, HK

 On Thu Apr 17 11:53 , Ira Goldstein  sent:

>   I was at Practica X one night when Dana Frigoli & Pablo Villarazza 
>(the founders of DNI) and Pablo Inza and Mariela Sametband danced 
>improvisationally to music selected by the crowd after a tandem 
>seminar.