[Tango-L] genre bendre

[Myk Dowling]

Joe Grohens wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMPXyR0qg0
> 
> How would you classify the following things?
> 
> - The music? (e.g., "swing")

Yes, I'd say that was fast swing music.

> - The dancing they are doing to this music? (e.g., "swing")

No, they are definitely not dancing swing. I'd call that a fusion of 
tango and jazz dancing, leaning heavily on the tango side. Most of what 
they are doing is standard tango stuff, with a few jazzy bits thrown in.

> - The dancers?

They are tango performers, as simple as that. Performance dancing rarely 
fits precisely into a particular dance genre. Performers fuse elements 
from different styles to create a distinctive style of their own in 
order to be visually interesting.

-- 
Myk,
in Canberra