[Tango-L] TANGO 2000 ............For DUMMIES (Ecsedy ?ron)

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The same video of Gustavo & Giselle appears in two different sections in 
TangoandChaos. In Chapter 6 "The Nuts & Bolts of Tango" Ground Rules 
he clearly describes their dancing as Stage Tango. 

"The basic differences between stage and social tango should be clear. The 
video begins with Miguel Balbi and his partner, and Alberto Dassieu and 
Elba Biscay. All are milongueros. Then Gustavo Naveira and his partner 
Giselle are shown dancing stage tango. You can see right away that he 
picks up his feet, kicks, and moves his left arm around more than the 
milongueros. He and Giselle also separate and do large leg swings and 
poses. Unlike the milongueros, they move their bodies around, and dance 
apart from each other. It's a more physically active and demonstrative way of 
dancing because it's designed to entertain an audience: Stage tango."

So it seems he was using the clip to, in his mind, humerously illustrate a 
point. 

Diane