[Tango-L] Line of dance and respect

[HBBOOGIE1@aol.com]

Now do you believe it?

In a message dated  10/5/2010 10:58:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com  writes:

Welcome to Kung Fu Tango. This is the person  that started  the whole Nuevo 
craze and then years later apologized for it. Here  is  step by step 
instruction on how to dominate and disrupt the  traditional  floor.
Now you might understand why real tango dancers tend  to get  a  little 
upset and frustrated.   
http://www.tangoandchaos.org/chapt_6school/36nav3.htm

In a  message  dated 10/5/2010 10:02:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
al at sgi.com writes:
On  05/10/2010 18:27, HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com  wrote:
> Yes and No…. Any  dancer  can slow up or stop the line  of dance 
regardless
> of what style he’s  dancing however some styles  are danced to 
specifically
> disrupt the line  of   dance.

Ah? Styles exist to *specifically* disrupt the line of   dance? In other
words, they specifically mandate you should disrupt the  line  of dance?

If you think it applies to any style that has  received a label,  I'd
like to see documentary evidence of that stated  aim ;).

I  personally don't believe it. Teachers and dancers may not  have been
taught  any awareness of the ronda, but that doesn't mean  their *style*
is danced  specifically to disrupt the line of dance. It's  usually
(when danced in a  social context) an unfortunate by-product of  what
they think is "important",  of their teacher's teaching style or  of
the local culture, and in that way  divorced from the actual   style.
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