[Tango-L] Martha Graham meets Gustavo Naveira

[Nina Pesochinsky]

One good reason not to incorporate Graham into tango is that it would 
take most tango dancers about 5 years of daily work to actually 
master Graham.   Since most can't even master tango in 5 years :), it 
is not likely that there could be a successdul fusion.  Instead, it 
might be easier to teach tango to the Graham dancers.

Graham is an incredible dance form and training requires brutal work 
and a very strong spirit.  It is also a great American legacy of 
dance.  Just like tango, there will be many people that would like to 
bastardise it by making it "accessible to the masses".



At 06:40 AM 7/20/2008, Mario wrote:
>Check out sequence no. 1 and no. 2
>   http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=sylIGL-PcBI&feature=related
>   There are Martha Graham workshops in Manhattan this coming week
>   why not just go there and then just incorporate anything you 
> learn into your tango?
>   Are they actually teaching this stuff as social dancing?  I'm confused
>
>   ..Oh yes, I saw my first tango related injury take place before 
> my eyes last week.
>   ..it wasn't pretty..two women and one with stilleto 4 inch heels 
> stuck it into the ankle
>   of the other..they happened to both be doing some swinging foot 
> move behind at the same time.  .. it hurt.
>
>
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