[Tango-L] differing views of tango evolution

[Jack Dylan]

This problem between Nuevo and Traditional Tango has been going on for 
years and it's just getting worse (with non-Argentines) and Chicho, for one, 
has recognised this. But BsAs has solved the problem by segregation. 
There are practicas for nuevo and milongas for traditional and they don't mix. 
Everyone knows these places and mostly respect the unwritten rule. So, 
IMHO, segregation is the answer and BsAs has proved it.

On the night of Nino Bien (Thusday), the nuevoists could easily have attended 
La Viruta, Rara, Soho Tango or El Metajon, which all cater for Nuevo. So, let 
me be clear - this was no innocent 'mistake'. The people of CITA got together 
to invade Nino Bien and it was an act of pure vandalism. 

And, Alexis, if you still think these people can be 'educated', you're living in a 
fools' paradise. To put it bluntly, they're arrogant and have zero respect for 
traditional tango - they don't want to be educated and it's time we all recognised 
this. IMHO, the only eduacation that would work is to educate nuevoists to stay 
away from traditional milongas.

A number of portenos told me that "when CITA's in town, we stay away from 
the milongas". How sad is that! 

Jack



> From: Alexis Cousein al at sgi.com


>Apparently not - Niño Bien's style is well known,
>and 
> it was still disrupted.

>Unfortunately for this model, there are no 
> enforcible
l>aws preventing "nuevoists" to invade a milonga.

>So I'd 
> rather want to advocate education instead: teach people to
>do as the Romans 
> when in Rome.

>But you can't do that if you don't allow people to learn 
> how Romans
>do. Separation is only going to exacerbate the problem, because 
> it
>sweeps the problem under a rug and doesn't fix it.

>The problem: 
> "nuevoists" (and non-neuvoists) should lean floorcraft
>and civility. 
> Period.