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[c.roques@mchsi.com]

<  I wonder why we hypothosis that "Nuevo" is not tango, when it was only
ever an extension of tango and a breakdown of how they danced salon
and then using it in different ways....

Devised, understood and taught by the TANGO MASTERS OF ARGENTINA?>

Actually that is not true and many of the older masters of salon don't like nuevo or think it borrows from the tradition at all. Most of the now-famous practitioners of nuevo had rejected it as their parent's dance and had listened and danced to mostly rock and roll. When they decided to capitalize on the new popularity of tango, they brought to the dance more of that aesthetic than the tango aesthetic.   Nuevo dancers don't have the same erect posture as traditional dancers; they often watch each other's feet; they stand with their feet far apart; they don't collect their feet or their knees together when they walk or dance; they move their arms around and up and down; they turn their heads a lot, etc.  There are in fact many things in nuevo that are not in traditional salon tango.

Cheers,
Charles