1648 (high) heels first ??
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:38:28 +0900
From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
Subject: (high) heels first ??
Yesterday I saw a new show, "Buenos Aires Tango". It is soso, the first half
you keep wondering, if the boredom is the fault of the mediocre
choreographer, after the intermission you realise that those 10 performers
can actually dance (some of them are also called on to gracefully carry
props of te stage in the background, unnecessary tables,chairs, during the
next number after they were used). Especially chacarera, zapateo and
malambo. My guess is, that they are actually from the country, not Buenos
Aires, as they emphasize in the title, and tango skills are a new
acquisition for them.
I kept wondering why their choreo looks so lengthy and so boring, with all
that walking around in between the more showy steps which are also not very
smoothly performed.. Usually, seeing someone walk in tango is not boring,
but contributes to the voltage level.
After some careful attention I realised the reason, why this looked more
like waitresses running around than tango dancers giving a performance: the
women walked heels first ! All of them them ! They must have all been
trained by the same person.
Is that a new style now in Argentina ?
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:59:18 -0700
From: Barbara Garvey <barbara@TANGOBAR-PRODUCTIONS.COM>
Subject: Re: (high) heels first ??
We saw this show too, in Santa Rosa, CA some time ago and our reaction was
much like Astrid's. An odd thing was that none of the dancers was named in
any of the publicity, the program, etc. although the musicians were
credited. Was that the same in Japan? Does anyone know who the dancers are??
We recognized several but couldn't remember their names. On the posters
photos of the dancers were too small to make out. Weird??
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 7:38 PM
Subject: [TANGO-L] (high) heels first ??
> Yesterday I saw a new show, "Buenos Aires Tango". It is soso, the first
half
> you keep wondering, if the boredom is the fault of the mediocre
> choreographer, after the intermission you realise that those 10 performers
> can actually dance (some of them are also called on to gracefully carry
> props of te stage in the background, unnecessary tables,chairs, during the
> next number after they were used). Especially chacarera, zapateo and
> malambo. My guess is, that they are actually from the country, not Buenos
> Aires, as they emphasize in the title, and tango skills are a new
> acquisition for them.
> I kept wondering why their choreo looks so lengthy and so boring, with all
> that walking around in between the more showy steps which are also not
very
> smoothly performed.. Usually, seeing someone walk in tango is not boring,
> but contributes to the voltage level.
> After some careful attention I realised the reason, why this looked more
> like waitresses running around than tango dancers giving a performance:
the
> women walked heels first ! All of them them ! They must have all been
> trained by the same person.
> Is that a new style now in Argentina ?
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 01:34:28 +0900
From: astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>
Subject: Re: (high) heels first ??
About "Buenos Aires Tango" Barbara wrote:
> We saw this show too, in Santa Rosa, CA some time ago and our reaction was
> much like Astrid's. An odd thing was that none of the dancers was named in
> any of the publicity, the program, etc. although the musicians were
> credited. Was that the same in Japan? Does anyone know who the dancers
are??
Tonight I talked to my teacher about it. He said, that those people must be
folklore dancers from the country, just like I thought, who had to add some
tango to their show in order to be able to sell it. The problematic thing is
to call the show "Buenos Aires Tango" if the best part of it is not the
tango, but the long folklore part taking up most of the second half after
the intermission. Folklore is not even danced in BA ! The other problem with
the name of the show is, and here comes the bummer: those dancers are not
only not from Buenos Aires at all, they do not even live in Argentina ! My
teacher told me, that all the dancers live in Europe, and all of them have
not been to Argentina for years !
Why only the musicians ? Well, in Tokyo, the audience's reaction was much
the same: during the intermission I heard many people talking about how
great the bandoneonist is, how nice the music- nobody said anything about
the dancers ! I think,they were being polite.
The thing about the bandoneonist: the best songs that he played, have all
been played in "Forever Tango" before !!
The most embarrassing part for me was, when my teacher shouted at me: "And
you paid 7000Yen for this ticket?", and laughed at me. "Yes, I did. I
acknowledge that I was a fool", I replied.
Oh well.
Next, we will have Javier and Geraldine coming here, that will balance the
disappointment, I hope
Astrid
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:59:13 -0300
From: Juan Fabbri <JFabbri@TANGOCITY.COM>
Subject: Re: (high) heels first ??
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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:10:49 -0400
From: Antonio Cervila Junior <junior@CERVILA.COM>
Subject: Re: (high) heels first ??
Let's try not to say stupid things like "Folklore is not even danced in
BA!".
If you want say : I belive that Folklore is not even danced in BA. What is
not true.
More stupid is the despective comment of your teacher about dancers that are
not from Buenos Aires and the ones that don't live in Argentina. But many
great tango dancers are not Argentinian as you should know. Your country
(Germany) has a high quality of dance. And the big tango professional
dancers dosn't come from Buenos Aires.
But I believe that is very important to learn in Buenos Aires , to go to the
milongas there and if you can, live there a while. It's the tango Meca.
The are many peqas all over Buenos Aires and in the new milongas they play a
tanda of Chacareras. They did it even in the last Tango Festival in New York
City.
In the begining tango was danced by the imigrant people from other countries
and internal imigrant that came from the countryside of Argentina (gauchos).
About Tango Buenos Aires, I have a trial because they used my photo in the
poster on their last US tour and I never danced with them.
Junior
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: [TANGO-L] (high) heels first ??
> About "Buenos Aires Tango" Barbara wrote:
>
> > We saw this show too, in Santa Rosa, CA some time ago and our reaction
was
> > much like Astrid's. An odd thing was that none of the dancers was named
in
> > any of the publicity, the program, etc. although the musicians were
> > credited. Was that the same in Japan? Does anyone know who the dancers
> are??
>
> Tonight I talked to my teacher about it. He said, that those people must
be
> folklore dancers from the country, just like I thought, who had to add
some
> tango to their show in order to be able to sell it. The problematic thing
is
> to call the show "Buenos Aires Tango" if the best part of it is not the
> tango, but the long folklore part taking up most of the second half after
> the intermission. Folklore is not even danced in BA ! The other problem
with
> the name of the show is, and here comes the bummer: those dancers are not
> only not from Buenos Aires at all, they do not even live in Argentina ! My
> teacher told me, that all the dancers live in Europe, and all of them have
> not been to Argentina for years !
> Why only the musicians ? Well, in Tokyo, the audience's reaction was much
> the same: during the intermission I heard many people talking about how
> great the bandoneonist is, how nice the music- nobody said anything about
> the dancers ! I think,they were being polite.
> The thing about the bandoneonist: the best songs that he played, have all
> been played in "Forever Tango" before !!
> The most embarrassing part for me was, when my teacher shouted at me: "And
> you paid 7000Yen for this ticket?", and laughed at me. "Yes, I did. I
> acknowledge that I was a fool", I replied.
>
> Oh well.
> Next, we will have Javier and Geraldine coming here, that will balance the
> disappointment, I hope
> Astrid
>
