[Tango-L] tango to rap

[JOHN WROBLEWSKI]

--- On Thu, 4/7/11, JOHN WROBLEWSKI <nrj.sparrow at prodigy.net> wrote:

> From: JOHN WROBLEWSKI <nrj.sparrow at prodigy.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] tango to rap
> To: "Tango-L" <Tango-L at mit.edu>, "Vince Bagusauskas" <vytis at hotmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, April 7, 2011, 9:24 AM
> Vince; I agree with you. This "ad" is
> not tango. By the very definition a tango is a tango because
> of the tango music. The question is can there exist a tango
> dance without tango music and the answer is no. And if a
> tango danced to music other than tango music is the dance a
> "real" tango, again the answer is no. Why, because of the
> identity principle: "I think therefore I am". Tango music
> and the act of the tango dance, are one identity. Logically
> if someone danced tango to non tango music, then it is not
> tango. The ad may be cool to some, some may find it
> entertaining, some my find it humorous, some may find it
> creative expression, etc. but certainly not tango. 
> Giovanni 
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