[Tango-L] Keep it simple

[Brick Robbins]

"Janis Kenyon" wrote:
>I want to cry and scream because the tango I know
>in Buenos Aires isn't being shared in my country.  It's a crime that people
>get a counterfeit rather than the genuine.

While I recognize the "holy trinity of tango"
* Tango the dance * Tango the music * Tango the culture

The culture and music aside for the moment, the dance of tango is
still that, a dance.

Why is it so important to some people that the dance of tango,
worldwide, only be danced as it is (or was) danced in the traditional
milongas of BsA? Is that the only "genuine true tango?" All else
"counterfeit tango?"

What exactly is the problem with the people of Europe, Asia, North
America, or even those who frequent "Practica X" in BsA, taking tango
in their own directions? The dance is a living thing expressed through
the bodies and hearts of those dancing it, it is not a dead "thing"
sitting in a jar of formaldehyde to be preserved.

Of course, this is not a rejection of the great music, culture and
dance of the golden era of tango, but a questioning of those who seem
to want to limit tango to only "what was."

Respectfully submitted.

Brick Robbins