[Tango-L] "nuevo tango" -- Basic economics and exoticism

Thu Apr 17 09:43:11 EDT 2008

I enjoyed reading the different positions offered in
regards to tango
styles.  One missing point in this discussion is
simple economics.  =
Tango
Nuevo proliferates because there is a demand for it!!
=20

>From the student perspective learning Nuevo Tango is a
matter of =
individual
esthetic and personal connection with the dance and
music.  I would find =
it
difficult to express my feelings in Nuevo style while
listening to the =
words
of "El Choclo".  -- "Vieja milonga que en mi horas de
tristeza, traes a =
mi
mente tu recuerdo cari=F1oso". =20

But as I said before that is a personal choice.
Students are free to =
choose
what they want to look like on the dance floor as they
listen to words =
and
musical notes. Perhaps the traditional AT form and
expression feels
oppressive and too conforming... too square.  So let's
look different =
and
cool... yeah !!

The second issue addresses instructors.  Here
economics plays a larger =
role.
We all know that competition in a free market economy
only allows the =
best
to prevail. If you cannot succeed as a top
professional in a given area =
you
then need to change strategies.   Product
differentiation is an old =
trick to
bring the worse in one area to the top on another.  So
NUEVO TANGO
emerges...  A new space where one can claim to have
mastered certain
movements and thus command $$$ for services
rendered.=20

In a rare moment :-) I agree with Nina's posting.  It
is a matter of
maturity and experience (or perhaps not).  One thing
is certain... as =
long
as people are willing to pay for Nuevo Tango classes
you will find =
someone
teaching it.

The creation and marketing of Nuevo Tango is a great
strategy to create =
a
niche on the market where one can exploit and earn a
decent living.  =
Lets
market, and sell... and does sexy sell??  Sure it
does.  Package some of
that "sexiness" with pictures of exotic places and
birds and voila!!!  =
You
have created the perfect vacation package for those
seeking the thrill =
of an
exotic and sensual experience.  Such experience
promises to move the =
novice
tango dancer away from the drudgery of their daily
life and work.  =
Perhaps a
few days in an exotic place away from bills, children,
church, neighbors =
and
the white picket fence with 2 cars garage will
re-energize my life. =20

Nuevo Tango is giving a voice for those dancers that
find it difficult =
to
connect with the culture, feelings and emotions
associated with the more
traditional  form of AT.

Amaury

-----Original Message-----
From: tango-l-bounces at mit.edu
[mailto:tango-l-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf =
Of
Nina Pesochinsky
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:35 AM
To: tango-l at mit.edu
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] New "nuevo tango" Sacrifices
Tradition and Grace

Great article.  Thank you, Huck.

I think that it is OK that they dance that way.  For
now.  If they=20
are under 30, they probably do not have the inner
resources to=20
appreciate the finer things  of tango that the author
refers=20
to.  Some of it may be even scary for them.

But if you give them 10 years or so, they might
change.  By that=20
time, all of the current traditionalists of whatever
age might be=20
dead, and so these people will be the future dancers. 
And they will=20
not dance as they do now.  This stuff is deeply
unsatifying after one=20
achieves a level of maturity that commands
self-respect.

So tango nuevo is a great trick meant to suck in the
young and=20
innocent, and keep them there until they become smart
enough and=20
mature enough to be trusted with the real thing.

Nina

At 08:22 PM 4/16/2008, Huck Kennedy wrote:
>On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:04 PM,  <MACFroggy at aol.com>
wrote:
> >
> > Here's a great article by Terence Clarke on Tango
Nuevo, with the=20
> popular DNI
> > school in BsAs as an example of what he terms
"Playground Tango":
> >
> >
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/15/125453.php
>
>      As I read through this article, I was so hoping
for a cargo pants
>reference and almost thought I was going to be
disappointed, when
>finally--Yes!!  It showed up in the next-to-last
paragraph.
>Fantastic!
>
>      Bravo, Mr. Clarke.
>
>Huck
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