[Tango-L] Tango Diversity under one big tent: Nuevo & milonguerohappy together?

[Alexis Cousein]

johnofbristol at tiscali.co.uk wrote:
> There is a lot of sense in what Ron says. After all, you never see 
> anyone dancing ballroom tango at a milonga. At least I never have. 
> Perhaps it is time to rename nueveo "Argentine Ballroom Tango" 

I don't think anyone dancing Argentine tango (be it "Nuevo", whatever
the meaning du jour is) would be happy with that label, though.

Just as little as some more traditional tango dancers
would like "Grandpa's Argentine tango for corpses" as
a name for their dance, and for the same valid reasons.

Besides, as I said, there's a continuum of dance expressions in tango,
which is what makes much of its charm (every advanced couple actually
distills its own style). To try to bin the styles and label them is
as cruel to tango as is piercing butterflies with a needle
and sticking them in a frame with a label.


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Alexis Cousein                                  al at sgi.com
Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect     SGI/Silicon Graphics
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