[Tango-L] N.U.E.V.O.

[Don Klein]

I would agree that it would be nice if all chose appropriate venues for 
their styles until they are into protest art or street theater, but that 
doesn't devalue the styles.

HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com wrote:
> You're right I shouldn't assume they were taught  because if I assume they 
> were taught the codigos then I would then have to make  the assumption that 
> they were idiotas for not adhering to them.
> Even in the  Southern hemisphere children are taught respect by the parents 
> but it's up to  the children to decide for themselves to show that respect.
> Never try to  teach a pig to sing....it wastes
> your time and annoys the  pig.
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> In a message dated 10/7/2009 4:45:29 P.M. Pacific Daylight  Time, 
> don at aymta.org writes:
> Why do you assume they are taught?  Sounds  very Northern 
> hemisphere-based.  Even here does the "younger crowd"  predominately does 
> not have "teachers" for swing, hip-hop, cajun, zydeco,  ... ??   You  
> ignore the dynamics of social evolution (or  perturbations in 
> non-equilibrium systems) much like the L'Académie française  attempts to 
> codify the language to the extent of opposing protection for  regional 
> languages.
>
> Don
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