[Tango-L] The state of "nuevo" music

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

My experience is that most people consider the visual foremost, rather than the auditory.  In other words, does it look like fun?  Some may volunteer that they don't like the music, but that's not that often.  As for using non-tango music for performances, I'll only do so to entertain people but I wouldn't expect to actually attract future dancers.  If only that type of music attracts them, I wouldn't really bother to attract them to tango because that's not what we'd be using in class.  As a teacher, I figure my job is prepare them to dance in BsAs.

Trini de Pittsburgh


--- On Mon, 9/24/12, Lois Donnay <donnay at donnay.net> wrote:
I also hear from teachers and performers who feel that they must use
non-tango music, or they will not "reach" new people considering
learning tango.   Good idea or not?

Lois Donnay
Minnesota