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

[Charles Roques]

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

Not true.  I do and have for years, as also do others outside of Argentina.  Admittedly and sadly in a minority nowadays but it depends on which circle you travel in. That is the problem on the Tango-L list; people arbitrarily use labels without a knowledge of the history and beginner dancers blindly accept those labels further spreading the confusion.  Just because teachers describe and teach the style of Murat and Michelle as tango de salon does not make it correct. The real fault lies with the teachers spreading these labels around.  The fact that someone can go to a classic traditional milonga such as Sin Rumbo and be surprised to see close-embrace dancing (something that has been common there for years) says more about their knowledge and experience than it does about the dancing at Sin Rumbo.

Charles