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

[Ruben Malan]

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


I agree

But,
although Charles has a good point,
not necessary we need to share affection to decently dance AT.
What about if I'm not very romantic?

The only affective energy that motivates me to dance is the one towards 
music, art, harmony and beauty.
Any other kind of  affection has to be deliver or demonstrated with caution 
specially if we are not dancing with
our closed friends or our beloved one.

Ruben


> 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.
>>
>> ...dubravko
>>
>> ===================================
>> seek, appreciate, and create beauty
>> this life is not a rehearsal
>> ===================================
>>
>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> 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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