[Tango-L] Tango Styles

[Tom Stermitz]

I always thought that there were a number of traditional salon  
(social) styles of tango, of which Villa Urquiza is just one, so I  
wanted to know how Villa Urquiza fit within that set of styles. The  
reason I say this, is that the tango of each neighborhood always had  
its own distinguishing aspects, and VU is just one neighborhood.

In my mental organization of tango styles, milonguero is another  
subset of traditional social tango, as they say, a version of tango  
suited to crowded, downtown milongas.

Now you are saying that Villa Urquiza IS tradtional salon tango, and  
Milonguero is not salon tango. Is that correct?

Nuevo tango is another subset of traditional tango, with considerable  
influence from fantasy elements borrowed from Todaro to Zotto. Nuevo  
(to me) has nothing to do with non-tango music.

But, I wouldn't really call Nuevo a style, rather it is an analysis of  
movements and a set of opportunities, just like fantasy is a set of  
moves and opportunities. Nuevo has nothing to do with a wide open  
embrace. Chicho (perhaps the bastard son of nuevo) is one end, but if  
you ever watch Gustavo (surely the godfather of nuevo) he normally  
dances with a very traditional salon appearance.

Is fantasy a style?


On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:24 PM, Sergio Vandekier wrote:

>
> 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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