[Tango-L] How tango evolves

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Vince Bagusauskas <vytis at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I would add:
>
> Changes in culture in Argentina itself

Please be specific. Tango social dance culture has had incredibly
consistency over time.

> Tango spreading across the world to non-Argentinean cultures

Affects part of Argentine tango culture that caters to tourists, much
less so that part of tango culture that attracts porten~os.

> A younger audience who don't dance to grandmas music (a quote from real
> Argentineans)

How many of these are there? Maybe the ones who don't dance tango,
instead dance salsa. Even nuevo dancers in or from Buenos Aires dance
mostly to traditional (30s-50s) tango music.

> -whether reinterpretation of the classics
> -nuevo

Danced mainly in Villa Malcolm, Practica X.

> Women wanting to lead
> Gay tango

Yes, in gay milongas (La Marshal the only one to persist). Same sex
partners or sex reversed partners are almost non-existent in Buenos
Aires outside gay milongas.

Most of these changes in tango are occurring outside Argentina, where
dancers modify tango to their own cultural norms. At some point of
change, it is no longer Argentine tango.

Ron


> -----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.
>