[Tango-L] Type-A Tango Salon or Show ?

[Jack Dylan]

I agree with all that you say. But the point is that almost no one dances or 
teaches
the style of Orlando Paiva anymore.

The dance of Murat and Michelle, on the other hand, is the style that is danced 
by many of today's teachers who describe their style as 'Salon'. 

You're correct ... "It’s Show  or Performance tango and it’s not intended to be 
danced at a social  milonga." But it's being taught as "Social Tango" - 
especially 

outside of Argentina and that's the problem.

Jack



> From: "HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com" <HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com>
> 
> For those of you that don’t seem to be able to  separate salon tango from 
> performance tango here are two videos that clearly  show the difference. The 
> first video is Orlando Paiva dancing at Sunderland.  Orlando was the master 
> of smooth elegant tango. Balance, axis, timing and  connection. The 
> definition of Salon tango is to dance closed and open embrace  within the 
>music. 
>
> Notice how they start off in closed embrace and walk then he  gently releases 
> her to execute a figure, you barely notice her arm slip from his  shoulder to 
> his arm and then back again. Their feet are always in contact with  the 
> floor, they don’t look down at the floor…..blah,blah,blah….the point is if  
> you can dance salon tango you now have the skill to effortlessly dance close  
> embrace or milonguero tango or whatever you wish to call it.
> 
> In the  second video Murat and Michelle perform a show tango. With no 
> disrespect to  Murat and Michelle a large number of tango dancers are taught a 

> lot of the moves  you see in this video. You can see the same open and closed 
> embrace being danced  but that’s pretty much the only thing the two styles 
> have in common. It’s Show  or Performance tango and it’s not intended to be 
> danced at a social  milonga.  
> 
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in8rG2BHnwo  
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrhlyM-_yos
>