[Tango-L] What do you think?

[Andrew RYSER SZYMAÑSKI]

You don't need to be a professional dancer [or musician], indeed, you don't need to know anything about dancing to realise that they dance to the music about 5% of the time. The rest bears no relation. This is what makes it look clumsy. All that is missing is a tightrope.
Yes, the unrelated juxtaposition of sound and movement is a fad in Modern Dance going back well over 50 years, and worked pretty well for Cage & Cunnigham. But this is supposed to be tango......?
They picked the most undanceable piece by Piazzolla and used it as a backdrop. The poor man must be turning in his grave.
 
Andrew W. RYSER SZYMAÑSKI,
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London, W11 1HE,
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--- On Sat, 25/7/09, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com>

 however, I began to think that he
> was going to lift her up in the air over his head, and I
> realized that somewhere they had wandered into modern dance
> or ballet territory.  That's what one expects when one
> sees modern dance or ballet.  I'm not knowledgeable
> enough to figure out when that change occurred for me. 
> I'd like to see what others knowledgeable about modern dance
> or ballet think.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/user/liffeylinda#play/all/uploads-all/0/yJHIUdavnKk