[Tango-L] differing views of tango evolution

[Tony Rathburn]

no problem Jack...

my point was that the 'segregation' in BsAs is not as rigid as it is sometimes made out to be.... i've been living in BsAs for 6 months now... during that time, i've seen many well mannered younger dancers attend traditional milongas and dance a style that is too often denigrated simply based on the style, even when it is done with respect to the ronda and with good floor craft... and i've also seen a great deal of milonguero style and salon style dancing at the practicas... and, yes, i've also experienced a fair amount of bad floor craft displayed by leads from all styles.

i have to take offense to the CITA dancers, generally, being referred to as 'vandals' who conspired over coffee one evening and 'invaded' Nino Bien on some kind of statement of defiance and arrogance.  The festival was planned well in advance... obviously with the full cooperation of both the Nino Bien organizers and the Centro Region Leonesa management.  

Was the feel of Nino Bien different on the Thursday of CITA week than the rest of the year?  Absolutely.  But consider any city that has hosted a major sporting event, or a political convention.  The influx of a large group always changes the flavor of the venues for the 'locals'.  

Tango is limited to a very small group of people as a percentage of the population, even in BsAs.  Instead of promoting 'segregation' and continuing to further fracture an already small group into smaller and smaller groups, I'd much rather see the same effort put into expanding tango, growing it in the general population, and supporting many of the venues, instructors, musicians and DJ's who are very good at what they do and struggle to make the business side of tango work.

Tony



----- Original Message ----
From: Jack Dylan <jackdylan007 at yahoo.com>
To: Tango-L <Tango-L at mit.edu>
Sent: Wed, April 28, 2010 3:12:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] differing views of tango evolution

Tony, sorry, I replied too quickly and I now realise 
that that's what you actually wrote.

Sorry.

Jack



> From: Jack Dylan jackdylan007 at yahoo.com

Sorry, but that isn't in the least "more accurate". 
> Centro Region Leonesa 
is the name of the place and many milongas are held 
> there. 'Nino Bien' is 
the name of the milonga on Thursday nights. Anyone 
> who's been to Buenos 
Aires will understand that milongas at the same place, 
> on different nights, 
can be very different, depending on who the organiser 
> is.

The same is true for most other milonga venues and it's the name of 
> the 
milonga that's important, not the name or address of the 
> place. 

Jack


      
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