[Tango-L] What Do You Think?

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

--- On Fri, 7/31/09, Noughts <damian.thompson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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....


I'm not hypothesizing that Nuevo is not tango.  I don't see that it can't be tango the same way Finnish Tango is a type of tango, or International Tango is a type of tango.  Why insist that extreme Nuevo is Argentine Tango?

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Chicho et al find their success outside of BsAs?  Aside from Piazzolla (who was a New Yorker), isn't there quite a bit of influence from world music?  Which again leads us to, why insist that Nuevo is Argentine?  Why insist on keeping that tie?  Why do nuevo extremists continue to position themselves in a defensive position?  Why not really take Nuevo into a more positive direction?  Why don't extreme nuevo-ists really just give themselves more freedom if that is what they want?  Incorporate those rumba moves if you want without having to defend doing so.

In this digital age, gung-ho nuevo dancers could just set up their own listserv (like Tango-L) and exchange ideas/videos.  They don't need the blessing of the "fathers of nuevo".  Can't be that hard to recruit people who attend the nuevo festivals.  

I also want to be clear about something.  I really like Sebastian and Mariana as teachers and dancers.  They are lovely people.  I really enjoyed their classes in Baltimore a few years ago, and I wish I could go again this year.  I had planned to to, but I don't think we can.  I wish I could be as creative as those two.  But it doesn't make sense to me that such talent would need to limit itself to "Argentine Tango".  Why not "World Tango"?

Trini de Pittsburgh