[Tango-L] Chicho interview - "Violent Milonguero" vs. "nice close embrace": what to do? (Brian Dunn)

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Brian wrote -
Chicho is drawing a distinction between "antique tango" as a  
"violently marked" tango, as opposed to "today's" tango, whose dancers  
are "able to dance without barely touching one another".
The history of tango dance over the decades since the 1920's can be  
seen from one perspective as a progressive reduction of violence and  
unnecessary force in relationships between men and women (or leaders  
and followers, if you prefer) in the dance.  This trend will likely  
continue.
Perhaps we can hope those leaders will, over time, improve their  
connection skills to the point where such characterizations will no  
longer apply to them.  My concern is that they are unaware of the  
relative violence and roughness in their dance, because they believe  
they are apparently meeting the observable "requirements" of their  
chosen "style".

Brian,
Violent, course, rough Tango in any age is, very simply, bad dancing,  
caused by lack of skill, ignorance and/or overblown ego.

Some men want to take Tango by the throat and beat it into  
submission.  Others get waylaid by figures and/or ego.  They will  
never improve.  To dance Tango well, a man must submerge his ego,  
learn to concentrate on the music and dance in her place, feeling her  
movement, giving energy and space in equal measure.  He must be  
willing to devote the time to let the Tango come to him.

and from Sandhill Crane.......
people should dance open-embrace until they know each well enough for  
close embrace, even if one partner or the other customarily dances in  
close embrace. In open embrace you can be much more forgiving about  
technical problems.

Rubbish promoted by incompetent teachers.  Like - if I learn Three  
Blind Mice, it will make playing Beethoven easier?  Sorry, you have do  
the hard yards up front if you want to be any good.

Best wishes,
John