[Tango-L] There is only tango...

[Crrtango@aol.com]

David Thorn wrote:

<<<I don't understand how ignoring comments from dancers who are intimately 
familiar with the world of tango in BaAs, c.f. Meredith Klein's comment " 
[Tango-L] Different styles of tango in Buenos Aires (was: Now that I'm here in BA) 
on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:18:29 -0800" contributes to our understanding or 
appreciation of tango.  Pushing personal agenda despite evidence to the contrary is 
extraordinarily puzzling to me. Again, probably the scientist nerd in me. >>>

First a question. As a scientist, are you basing your response solely on 
Meredith's comments or from your own research in Buenos Aires?
Ron was not pushing any personal agenda here. Sounds more like a lack of 
knowledge of the tango scene there from Meredith, or at best a myopic one. The 
milongas in Buenos Aires usually do not and did not have open embrace or nuevo 
tango dancing (too crowded) but that has changed somewhat over the last ten 
years or so. There are many milongas in Buenos Aires and Meredith's "intimately 
familiar" observations are only her limited experience and depend on where she 
went. When I was there, none of the milongas that I went to had any sort of 
open style dancing and I went to a different place every night for two weeks.   
New milongas that cater to the open style of dancing and/or nuevo styles are a 
recent development and there are places to go for that, but they are not the 
prevalent style.   There are also early or "afternoon" milongas for the early 
birds, a fairly new development.   The scene is evolving but "nuevo" is the new 
kid on the block, compared to traditional tango.    I personally am glad 
there are now places for both "nuevo" and alternative music, or whatever people 
want to do, because that means we have a choice. We can go wherever the others 
don't go, which is where I'll be in three weeks.

Cheers,
Charles 


**************
It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money 
&amp; Finance.
      (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)