[Tango-L] The spread of Tango

[Jack Dylan]

>  Tango22 wrote:
> >  Is it fair to say this is how exported Tango developed in the
> > past into ballroom etc.,  and may be doing so again?
> 
Alexis Cousein al at sgi.com replied:

> No, I don't think it's doing so again. > 

Personally, I think it's already happened. It's not develping into 
ballroom, but the vast majority of the tango that I see outside 
Argentina bears such a little resemblance to what I see in BsAs 
that it's becoming difficult to identify it as the same dance. 
 
Yes, many of us visit BsAs and try to learn and dance tango 
in the traditional 'Argentine way' with the milongueros as our 
example. But, when we return to our home countries, we're 
the odd ones out. Everyone else is dancing a salon style, 
pseudo social tango as taught by a constant stream of young 
Argentine performers. 
 
And, for clarity, when I say the tango of BsAs, I'm referring 
to the tango at traditional milongas.
 
Jack