[Tango-L] Question on Gardel

[Amaury de Siqueira]

Chris,

Thank you very much for this info.  I learned
something new today.

Amaury 

-----Original Message-----
From: ceverett at ceverett.com
[mailto:ceverett at ceverett.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 5:36 PM
To: amaurycdsf at yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Question on Gardel

Amaury,

Dancing to Gardel's music is considered a serious
insult to his 
memory, almost on the order of sitting down for the
Argentine 
National Anthem.  It's definitely music for serious
listening.

Gardel is a revered national hero of Argentina since
his death 
over 70 years ago.   If you say the "Carlito" everyone
in Ba 
knows who you are talking about, and in fact there is
still a 
dance step named after him (from his movie
appearances) called 
the "Gardelito".  

Then again, none of it would be considered really
danceable.
Consider how little music from before 1935 is played
at the 
milongas.

Christopher

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 07:48:56 -0800 (PST), "Amaury de
Siqueira"
<amaurycdsf at yahoo.com> said:
> 
> 
> I cant remember one single milonga playing tangos
with
> Gardel's voice.  Not
> once!
> 
> 
> Given his prominence as a singer in the tango world
I
> would expect hear his
> voice in every milongas at least in one tanda.
> 
> I admit I have very limited experience with tango,
so
> maybe I am just
> missing the obvious.
> 
> Anyone with any ideas?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tango-l-bounces at mit.edu
> [mailto:tango-l-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Tango For Her
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 8:17 AM
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] tango schizophrenia
> 
> > 
> > That is really good advice TFH, but those things
are
> > all about dancing well, not about developing your
> > own particular style (whatever that might mean).
If
> > you are aspiring to develop an individual style, I
> > think it is assumed you can already dance tango
> > confidently.
> > 
> > Victor Bennetts
> > 
> 
> Actually, I have always been told, since those
> lessons, that I have a style of soft tango that
noone
> else has (in the places that I have danced).  So, I
> was trying to relate that my style really did emerge
> from finding the right teachers and working on what
I
> wanted.  Well, except for the second teacher who was
> one of those geniuses (not just in tango) that you
> come across once in a great while.  So, anything
that
> he said, I wanted to hear.
> 
> I already danced well before the lessons.  But, I
> AFTER those lessons, followers always comment on my
> style.  
> 
> I am proud that my followers comment on how balanced
> they are and the exactness of my lead.  That came
from
> my first set of lessons.
> 
> I know that I am free from thinking in terms of
> patterns.  That was distinctly from my second set of
> lessons.
> 
> I am extremely happy that I receive comments about
the
> softness of my tango.  That was, most definitely,
from
> my third set of lessons.
> 
> So, my advice about developing your own style is to
> find the greatest tango minds that you can, shell
out
> the bucks, put your chest on theirs in private
> lessons, and do what they say!
> 
> Those lessons were close to 10 years ago.  Good
close
> embrace private lessons definitely do have a lasting
> effect.
> 
> ... Actually, I if it is nuevo tango, exchange of
lead
> and follow, or something of that nature that you
want,
> then maybe the close embrace aspect wouldn't apply. 
I
> am just saying that I developed the style that I
> wanted through these lessons.  The original posting
> asked for examples.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
>
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