[Tango-L] Music: Beat, Energy, Emotion & the Embrace

[Gordon Erlebacher]

Of course, that is assuming that you and Charles even agree on the 
definition of the words "affection and romanticism"!

   Gordon

On 4/21/11 2:24 PM, Dubravko Kakarigi wrote:
> Amazing and fantastic how different we are! In my experience, "affection and romanticism" can be wonderfully shared at the arm's-length distance, maybe even more so.
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> ...dubravko
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>> ________________________________
>> From: RonTango<rontango at rocketmail.com>
>> To: Charles Roques<c.roques at mchsi.com>; Tango-L<tango-l at MIT.EDU>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Music: Beat, Energy, Emotion&  the Embrace
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: Charles Roques<c.roques at mchsi.com>
>>>
>>> ..... one of the principal reasons that  contributes  to many dancers resorting
>>> to non-tango music for  dancing:  it ts easier to hear the beat in other music
>>> or modern  "electro-pop" tango.
>> That's interesting, especially since those who prefer non-tango music for
>> mimicking tango steps usually don't dance to the rhythm of the music. I think
>> what they get from the non-tango music is energy - energy for the large and
>> rapid movements that to them define tango.
>>
>> In contrast, milonguero dancers conserve energy, keeping it inside of the
>> embrace, using some for movement and some for sharing emotion with their partner
>> in the embrace. This is hard to do at arm's length - at least sharing positive
>> energy. The only kind of energy that can be shared at arm's length is negative -
>> dragging or pushing you partner. It takes an embrace to share positive energy -
>> affection and romanticism.
>>
>> Ron
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