[Tango-L] The language of Tango

[Jack Dylan]

Larry,
As others have said - nice post; I also like the 'tango is a house of many 
rooms' analogy. 
The people who built this house, and their successors, the current guardians, 
are wonderful, generous people and they allow me to use the house whenever 
I want. They even allow me to take it to other countries and to show it to other 
people who can then also use the house, even though they might never have 
seen it in its original setting.
But what I'm always very mindful of is that this is not MY house and it's 
incumbent on me to respect it and to take care of it at all times. Personally, 
I don't feel that I have the right to change it.. I can't say for example that the 
house is very plain so I think I'll add-on a few balconies. Or, the house is only 
3-storeys, not enough for me so I'll just add another storey. Or, in my country 
we eat in the kitchen so I'll change the kitchen to a dining room. Or, this room 
is too small so I'll knock down a couple of walls to make the room bigger. Apart 
from being disrespectful to the house and the guardians of the house, the result 
could be that the house might collapse. 
Yes, the house has many rooms but the number is not inifinite and if some 
people have different needs, desires and abilities, which are not satisfied by 
this house, then IMHO, they should find another house rather than trying to 
change this house. 
Btw, I love Salon, Milonguero, Nuevo and Show Tango and there is plenty of 
room in the house for many styles of tango. But there has to be limits.
Jack



----- Original Message ----
> From: "larrynla at juno.com" <larrynla at juno.com>
> 
> 
> Ultimately tango is a house of many rooms, and it's up to each of us 
> how many of those rooms we want to inhabit.  If just one modest room, 
> fine, that's your right.  But it is wrong of you to insult others who 
> have different needs and desires and abilities.  >