[Tango-L] Report from Buenos Aires #2

[Michael]

I accept Buenos Aires style. I{ve read so many postings about what is
authentic. Who wants to admit that after years of lessons and
practice, (s)he isn{t dancing authentic. I wanted to come up with a
different term.

Michael

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Jack Dylan <jackdylan007 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Michael,
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> Thanks for the reports - very accurate from my experiences and
> very useful for first-time visitors to BsAs.
>
> But I don't agree with your term 'original style' because, as Trini has
> already pointed out, we don't really know what that is and it would
> result in a lot of disagreements.
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> To me 'authentic Argentine Tango' is what predominates in the
> traditional milongas of modern-day Buenos Aires and you've already
> described that very well. You say you don't dance that style in the
> States so I'd be interested to know why you consider it to be 'authentic'.
>
> I now use the term 'Buenos Aires Style' to describe what I consider
> to be 'authentic Argentine Tango. I don't really see how anyone could
> disagree with that but I'm sure many will find a way :-).
>
> Jack
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>> From: Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
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>> New term
>> Suggestion of new term for ´`authentic Argentine Tango´´ (I´m using a
>> keyboard that isn´t conventionally used in the states and it´s
>> difficult to find special keys.) Instead of ´¨authentic¨`, I suggest
>> `¨original.¨ The milonguero style (named by Susana Miller) is what I
>> call the original style. It´s NOT the style I dance in the States but
>> I consider what I dance to be authentic.
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