[Tango-L] Tango Styles II

[Myk Dowling]

ECSEDY Áron wrote:
> My example was definitely not about astronomy. It was about beliefs. It 
> was about a dogmatized, majority belief that held on for centuries, and 
> the recognition of the errors in this belief by a minority. It was about 
> a few people who started to think differently instead of continuing the 
> tradition and who's ideas were rejected, but later vindicated.
>   
The difference here is that astronomy is a topic where there is a clear 
objective truth, while the question of whether "Nuevo" is a style or 
purely a method of teaching is a human construct, with no objective 
reality beyond usage.
> Obviously, I do not think I am anywhere near Galileo, but I wanted to 
> underline that just because a lot of people in the list had been taught 
> as Sergio suggested, to artificially classify dancing into THESE three 
> styles, instead of finding some other, more tangible descriptions, the 
> concept maybe wrong altogether.
>   
Conversely, just because some people said that Nuevo was a teaching 
method and not a style does not mean that there is not now an 
identifiable style which is called Nuevo, both by practitioners and 
non-practitioners.

Myk,
in Canberra