[Tango-L] Gustavo and Giselle

[Michael]

The water isn't boiling, just simmering.

Michael
Came home to New York where the Argentine Tango is better

-----Original Message-----
From: robert-b
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 3:57 PM

That's the spirit. Keep the kettle boiling. (Not so wild about G&G myself.)

Robert


On Apr 17, 2015, at 1:43 PM, Michael <tangomaniac at optimum.net> wrote:

> Writing that there's no such thing as "Nuevo" is enough to start a >
spirited discussion. "Gustavo and Giselle are the best living tango >
teachers in the world today," is an opinion that's not universally > shared.
Just about every promotional announcement that came across the > wire said
the advertised teacher was the best.
> 
> Michael
> 
> Came home to New York where the Argentine Tango is better
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nussbaum, Martin (Law)
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2015 12:52 PM
> 
> I can't believe people are dredging up these old "nuevo" debates, must >
be trying intentionally to revive list thru antangonistic postings. > There
is no such thing as "Nuevo", there is only good or bad dancing, > given the
circumstances (performance or social) and partner, spacing, > music, etc. I
doubt that Mario sopolete  ever took a seminar with GyG. > Gustavo and
Giselle are the best living tango teachers in the world > today. Their dance
is a masterwork of interpretation, phrasing, > musicality, and theme. The
intimacy and joy they share on the dance 
> floor is the reason I started dancing and a continued source of
inspiration today.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Martin
> 
> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 17:11:12 +0000 (UTC)
> 
> From: Mario < <mailto:sopelote at yahoo.com> sopelote at yahoo.com>
> 
> Subject: [Tango-L] Whatever happened to NUEVO ??
> 
> I remember when Tango L was last active...in the golden days of > yore...
my favorite debate revolved around Traditional and Nuevo > dancing and
music...having seen what happened to the golden years of > Flamenco (50's)
once the gypsy kings got hold of it, I was sure that > Argentine Tango would
go the same route to trivia...but it NEVER > HAPENED !!! and today, by my
own observations, the traditional dance > is more popular than ever ..world
wide .... was it as predicted and we > grew older ??? any comments ??
watching a recent video of Gustavo and > Giselle looked more like a Tango
burlesque than a profound dance...to me, anyway....any comments ???
> 
> Message: 2
> 
> From: Mario < <mailto:sopelote at yahoo.com> sopelote at yahoo.com>
> 
> Subject: [Tango-L] NUEVO >>>What ??  in a more readable form
> > 
> I'm trying to recall how to send a post in block form instead of a >
continuous line, here..maybe this will work ?.....I remember when > Tango L
was last active...in the golden days of yore... my favorite > debate
revolved around Traditional and Nuevo dancing and > music...having seen what
happened to the golden years of Flamenco 
> (50's) once the gypsy kings got hold of it, I was sure that Argentine >
Tango would go the same route to trivia...but it NEVER HAPENED !!! and >
today, by my own observations, the traditional dance is more popular > than
ever ..world wide ....?was it as predicted and we grew older ??? > any
comments ?? watching a recent video of Gustavo and Giselle looked > more
like a Tango burlesque than a profound dance...to me, anyway....any comments
???
> 
>