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

[Nina Pesochinsky]

The problem is that "Tango Nuevo" is essentially a lie.  I speak as a  
former devoted member of that club.

It is not "nuevo" because there is nothing new. It was a disappointing  
discovery after I had danced the glorious "nuevo" moves at some  
practica in and then danced with an old gentlemen at Sunderalnd that  
did as a matter of course one of the moves we were so pround of and  
regarded as one of the "nuevo" moves.

It is also not "tango" because it ignores some of the basic principles  
of the dance called Argentine Tango.  I don't mean "rejects".  I do  
mean "ignores", as if those principles did not exist and/or had meaning.

But... people are free to engage in self-deception.  And... I am free  
to entertain myself by appreciating how cute it is when new dancers  
get excited about silly little things :)

It is like saying "There is a NEW tango that is being created, and,  
Suprise!, we are the innovators!"

When little kids draw some silly picture and smear colors all over and  
then present it as if it was the treasure of the world, all proud of  
themselves, we are supposed to say "Great drawing!  You are so  
talented!"  And then give them a hug and a kiss and send them off to  
do more of the same, which they cheerfully and energetically do.   
Somehow, we know that this will pass.

I need to stop thinking that "nuevo" fans are serious and mature  
dancers.  I need to remember to say "you are great!  this is the best  
dancing I have ever seen!" and hope that they will run off and do  
something... eventually.

Nina







Quoting Alexis Cousein <al at sgi.com>:

> Nina Pesochinsky wrote:
>> How about calling "nuevo" Fake Tango? Or Pretend Tango? Or
>> Wanna-be-tango?  The criteria would be no embrace, no musicality
>> (apparent deafness), off axis movements, no self-awareness, a serious
>> face and an attitude of self-importance.  All of these conditions must
>> be present in order to meet the criteria.
>>
> Uhm - that's quite a drastic redefinition of "Nuevo" (and would
> actually apply to many rabid foaming-at-the-mouth nuevo haters with
> too little introspection, too, as a matter of fact).
>
> It's my impression that "fake tango" can be danced (just as badly)
> in many different styles.
>
> I just call tend to call bad tango "bad tango".
>
> And in fact, not even a close embrace can make me think of bad tango
> as good, even though the couple would just fail at *one* of your
> criteria for fake tango.
>
> --
> Alexis Cousein                                  al at sgi.com
> Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect     SGI/Silicon Graphics
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