[Tango-L] TANGO 2000 ............For DUMMIES

[Noughts]

Typically all I ever see is negative snide commentary and not very
much positive.  We have rarely ever as any culture succeeded with
negativity.  Just watch how we train animals.... positive
reinforcement.

THIS LIST seems incredibly rare with anything positive.

I hate negativity, got rid of my TV because of it, don't read
newspapers because of it and now this list just barrages me with it!

I would prefer to be a 'NUEVO DUMMY' that can and does teach the line
of dance, other courtesies that are unspoken and how men are bastards
to women with their sleezy tricks and touch ups that the vast majority
of come from 'milonguero's' and not 'nuevo's' or 'viruta' dancers.

BEGINNERS IN MOST THINGS ARE USELESS!  Give them a chance and really
think back to how much you sucked when you started and maybe just
maybe, they were better than you then...  And if the truth be known,
and you all posted videos of yourself, firstly, you would prefer not
to... too personal, not your style, but basically, most of you
probably don't dance very well either but wish you could.

Some of the teachers on this list don't necessarily dance very well
either - many of you think I don't and have publicly said that.  There
is a dance teacher in Australia, a milonguero/salon style teacher,
Ross Clarke who publicly walked onto an empty dance floor whilst the
music is playing, pushed me in the back and told me to calm down
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l14bKC6H4tY).  NOW THAT HAS NO MANNERS
AT ALL!  ETIQUETTE should demand that probably don't hit him, I
didn't.  ETIQUETTE should probably demand that he apologise, he never
did - at least every day I improve, practice and dance.


I really am tired of this list and have asked to be removed from it
before... Now I'm asking the entire list publicly like another person
just recently - please remove me from this list.

REMOVE ME PLEASE!


2009/10/16 <HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com>
>
> TANGO 2000 FOR DUMMIES
>
> Lesson  1    Nuevo Tango
>
> The challenge: Argentine Tango is forever  changing and evolving and that’s
> a good thing. I admire the younger generation  for it’s Nuevo Tango and all
> the work and effort they put into it however  because of the nature of the
> way Nuevo is danced it conflicts with the standard  etiquette of traditional
> social Tango. Perhaps no one has ever explained the  rules but that doesn't
> matter because the rules don't apply to Nuevo because of  the way it’s
> danced. So you see it’s a big problem that might not have a simple  solution.
>
> Let me explain a couple of rules just so you know what I'm  talking about.
>
> Tango is danced in a “line of dance” counter clockwise  around the outer
> edge of the floor. On a crowded floor you can form another line  of dance
> inside the first one and even a third one if it’s really crowded so if  you
> were hanging from the ceiling like spider man looking down it would look  like
> a giant bulls eye. For those of us that like to stop and jump and spin and
> kick we should first move to the middle of the bulls eye that way we don't
> stop  the line of dance and we don't injure anyone with our jumping and
> kicking and  everyone is happy.
>
> These rules suck for Nuevo Tango….no jumping spinning  and kicking on a
> crowded social dance floor. But hold on, I just saw that old  dude leading a
> boleo…what gives him the right to do it and not me? The  experienced leader
> will lead a soft low boleo he will pay attention to the line  of dance he will
> use his floor craft to lead figures that will not harm others  on the floor
> and he won't slow down the line of dance. Remember the nature of  Nuevo
> Tango is to spin at incredible high speeds stay in one spot for long  periods
> of time and lead the follower to kick at least as high as a Radio City
> Rockette.
>
> The Solution:
> This is the hard part and I'm not sure I know  the answer perhaps separate
> milongas for Nuevo and Traditional is the only  solution?
> If anyone has any suggestions let the organizers know. If we talk  about a
> challenge we can find a solution.
>
>
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