[Tango-L] How tango evolves

[Nina Pesochinsky]

Vince is right.  Those are the big changes and they result in the  
changes in tango.

And I would add (with lots of sarcasm and disappointment:):
- bad dancing (like leading a beginner woman that barely learned to  
walk in tango to do a volcada).  In the past, men would never allow  
themselves to be seen by women as failures in tango, so they would not  
dare to try something that would most definitely fail, either to their  
own or the woman's lack of skills.
- lack of polite, socially acceptable behavior - How about saying  
hello and goodbye?  It helps the quantity and quality of dancing.  In  
the past, if you forgot to say hello to someone you dance with in  
BsAs, that person would not dance with you for three months.   
Offending people is nmot a good idea, but now people do it all the time.
- high anxiety and fear about not-dancing at events.
- lack of knowledge and/or understanding of music.
- lack of standards (anything goes).
- changes in values (feeling vs. non-feeling technique, etc.).
I need to stop here or I will start complaining!:)

Tango reflects the people that dance it.  Just look at the people of  
different eras (in BsAs) - what they talk about, how they dress, how  
they dance. how they treat each other in the milongas - and the  
evolution of tango becomes revealed.

All the best,

Nina



Quoting Vince Bagusauskas <vytis at hotmail.com>:

> I would add:
>
> Changes in culture in Argentina itself
> Tango spreading across the world to non-Argentinean cultures
> A younger audience who don't dance to grandmas music (a quote from real
> Argentineans)
> -whether reinterpretation of the classics
> -nuevo
> Women wanting to lead
> Gay tango
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tango-l-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
> Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
> Sent: Tuesday, 25 November 2008 5:13 AM
> To: Tango-L
> Subject: [Tango-L] How tango evolves
>
> So what has prompted tango to evolve in the past?  Women's fashion changes.
> Changes in the music.  Space limitations.  Changes in teaching methods.
>
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