[Tango-L] Tango Styles

[Sergio Vandekier]

How Villa Urquiza style (Traditional Tango) differentiates itself from the other styles:  (in this video).
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNnIkrkfAY
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXU9nojcFQo
 
Long Steps, Embrace in "V", use of a varying embrace (elastic embrace) close, with little light to open, profuse use of embellishments, elegant erect posture. Elegant formal dressing.
 
Tango walk with a narrow base, the feet brush heels as they pass each other, the foot lands either toe or heel first. Walking on a line with external rotation of the foot.
 
1 - Milonguero - Cacho Dante -
 
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgWMs0rAcJk
 
Shorter steps, embrace more frontal (where the V is less evident), close embrace only, different degree of elegance, Tango walk with a wider base, the feet are right under the hips, the feet do not brush heels as they pass each other, the foot land flat on the sole, walking on two lines, no external rotation of the foot. Less use of embellishments. 
 
2 - Milonguero - Susana Miller- Same as #1 except that here the embrace is more in V, and there is more play with the rhythm. Use of ocho cortado.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Any40gQTc
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odl9DBOQsYQ&feature=related
 
3 - Nuevo Tango  - 
 
Fabian Salas  -  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inw_V_a1W0&feature=related
 
Tendency to use non traditional tango music.
 
Very open embrace, colgadas, soltadas, volcadas, piernazos, changes of direction, changes in the embrace, profuse use of heel sacadas. 
 
 
 Mariano Chicho Frumboli 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-5Bxtck3Uw&feature=related
 
A very open embrace, profuse use of heel sacadas and changes of direction. Elegance is sacrificed in exchange for an element of "surprise".
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lro4WfRpzM&feature=related
 
Tendency to use non traditional tango music (in this case Argentine flokloric music is used). Some piernazos, some volcada, a very open embrace, some soltadas.
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