383  B.A.Tango-Buenos Aires Tango Magazine

Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 15:32:34 -0300
From: SMC Administracion <adm@SMCAR.COM.AR>
Subject: B.A.Tango-Buenos Aires Tango Magazine

Dear friends from Tango list
I have just received a request from Mr. Tito Palumbo , the Editor of this
magazine, to inform
to readers , that the issues of january and february 2002 will not be
printed .
There are some economic reasons concerning the change of parity rate between
the us dollar
and the argentine peso( a devaluation of 28,6% of the peso against us
dollar, mainly, being the
parity rate now 1u$s = 1.40 Argentine peso) that made difficult to
establish reference prices
for advertisements in the january magazine, and to fix value for cost of
printing . There is also
an economic problem of the printer company, that also delayed the processing
of the masters
for further printing.
Therefore, the following number will appeared on March 2002. In the
meantime, with the
December magazine , cames the valuable guide for milongas and teachers, for
the months
of december 2001 - january and february 2002

Warm regards
Alberto Gesualdi
Buenos Aires

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 01:36:18 -0700
From: Deby Novitz <dnovitz@PACBELL.NET>
Subject: Buenos Aires Tango

I rarely write this list, but once in awhile I read it. I am amazed so
many times at the inaccuracies and information that is spewed here, but
never mind, that is not my reason for this post. You all have been
discussing Buenos Aires Tango. Astrid, your teacher is incorrect. The
dancers are from Argentina, and most and maybe all are from Buenos
Aires. Omar Merlo and his lovely partner Natalia live in Buenos Aires.
Omar is the brother of Guillermo Merlo. (You know, as in Forever Tango,
as in Guillermo and Fernanda) While this show may not have been the best
representation of Argentine Tango, many of the dancers are
accomplished. Sometimes you can have great dancers, but if the
choreography does not work with the music, it just does not matter how
good the dancer is.

Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 23:01:17 +0900
From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: Buenos Aires Tango

While this show may not have been the best

> representation of Argentine Tango, many of the dancers are
> accomplished.

They were all dancers who I have never heard of or seen before. Not that
that necessarily makes a difference,but...

Sometimes you can have great dancers, but if the

> choreography does not work with the music, it just does not matter how
> good the dancer is.

...being able to walk well and move smoothly does make if difference, and
indicates a dacenr's skill. If you have a choreography that includes a lot
of walking, signifying nothing, interspersed with "the usual", and moreover
dancers who have not mastered the walk yet, and execute "the usual" in a
slightly bumpy, uneven way, moreover lacking speed in the faster moves,
well, you can imagine what happens.
A friend, who went the day before me, warned me:"I was so bored, I fell
asleep during the first half, and slept until the intermission. Then, after
the intermission, the folklore started..."
I actually enjoyed the folklore.
Of the ten dancers, I found one noticeable girl who moved better than the
others (she was not the one advertised on the flyer, but entered the stage
last), and one couple, who moved in a very smooth, liquid way. They danced
one slow valse that stood out for me from all the rest. But that is only
three minutes of the whole show ! In the second half (after the warmup ??) I
found that the dancers were apparently not quite as inexperienced as I had
thought after all. But no, it does not reach the quality of any of the other
shows and demos I have seen so far.