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

[Gordon Erlebacher]

The fact is that before 1980, most people in Bs.As. danced the elegant 
tango Salon style, although the Milonguero style was danced as well in 
packed milongas. However, it is unlikely the milongas were as well 
attended as they are now. The style of Todaro, Mingo Pugliese, Julio 
Balmaceda and many others is danced in Buenos Aires to various degrees. 
It is the emphasis that changes. Good teaches make their students do 
lots of walking, to help train the body, with less emphasis on steps. 
That is how it was in Bs.As. However, today, even in Bs. As., instant 
gratification is often the norm.

Tango in Bs.As. takes a wide variety of form. For those who know (I do 
not), how was tango danced in Bs.As. before the arrival of Susanna 
Miller, who popularized the so-called frontal style (frontal contact), 
suitable for crowded milongas?

           Gordon



On 12/25/10 1:33 PM, Jack Dylan wrote:
>> From: Charles Roques<c.roques at mchsi.com>
>> <<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.>
>>
> That's my point. To me, Tango is what is danced in BsAs. Sorry, but what's
> done outside Argentina simply has no relevance to me.
>
> Jack
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