1451  Bizarre posts (3)
I don't think the issue is about how hard one works in tango or that dancing to non-tango music means you are more light hearted and have more fun than those who choose to only dance to traditional...

1452  "glomming" a man (1)
Tango-L members, I was looking through the archives and found the funniest post from a california lady whose partners were all gobbled up by blondes one summer, she claimed them glommed her partners....

1453  Bizarre cont. (2)
Keith wrote: <<<So ... if you do something - like dance to music - you've decided to "improve" what you don't understand. And you've decided to "correct" it. But <<<And here I thought...

1454  Lumpers vs Splitters (1)
Keith wrote: <<<And here I thought I was just moving with a partner to music and that it Charles wrote: And I realized: This is a classic lumper versus splitter debate! Well, I'm not sure exactly...

1455  Classical Tango (8)
A friend sent me the following note: "In all art fields, all, a creative process takes over generally beyond it borders of origin. You know, tango only began in Argentina in tiny place and danced only...

1456  This previous post spoke volumes (1)
Tango L Members The post below spoke volumes. I did the country and western style dance and moved to Tango. It was very different, one of the biggest hurdles has been learning to dance in two halfs and...

1457  Explanation (1)
You have to know the particular Led Zep (I know!) song to get the joke ... It's the reggae-ish fun thing with the title word play on Jamaica with an English accent. And speaking of accents, reggae (so,...

1458  Don't call it tango... (1)
Point 1: We've been taught that tango arose around the turn of the century in a culture that had several key characteristics: There were a lot of men and few women. Few of the men were...

1459  Valses by Fresedo (2)
Does anyone know where I can find a cd with the Fresedo vals "No te olvides de mi corazon"? BTW does anyone know why Fresedo appears to have recorded so few valses? I am aware of only two others, "Mas...

1460  Lumper Argentine Tango & Splitter Argentine Tango (2)
Heyo lumpers & splitters, Whoa, talk about large, well-balanced minds. Jonathan & Frank, you guys rock. That kind of articulateness & wisdom is something to reach for. As well, Charles...

1461  Note from Buenos Aires (3)
It's my first time down here in BA in winter, and it's very different. The city has a brooding quality- grey clouds, grey trees, grey buildings, and people wearing somber expressions and muted winter... HI Rick et al, ..... While Saturday is also couples night in Al and I went to Pedro Echague in...

1462  On tango music, teaching/talking on the dance floor (1)
For what it's worth, my two cents on tango music, teaching/talking on the dance floor. I' m a woman who has been been dancing tango as a follower for about six years. I do other types of dance: modern,...

1463  Let's analyze (3)
Let's analyze for a moment. Very few can argue with the fact that everyone should dance the way he/she wishes to the music that he/she prefers. There are no rules...or are there? Argentine tango has many...

1464  TANGO ???? (2)
and and not > www.latindancecarnival.com

1465  Quitting Tango-L (1)
When I was one of the moderators of Tango-L (until about a year ago), the commands that Lucy listed still worked. I know the listserver software has been updated since then, but I do not think these...

1466  One year of tango dancing (1)
been dancing it for a year or more, we already know how to do it. We might be taking lessons to learn how to do it better, but we can easily recognize Argentine Tango and tell it apart from International...

1467  Re Julio Balmaceda (2)
Julio Balmaceda asked me to post this correction to Astrid's previous statement that "Balmaceda is the student of Nito Garcia." Julio is not, nor has he ever been, the student of Nito Garcia. Julio...

1468  DJ's and Preferences (1)
In the "bizarre" thread, we saw again how divergent opinions can be. Consensus that "the music is good tonight" must surely be the what a dj seeks. In my view, that means he/she plays tango tango. I...

1469  Encounters with the Milongueros (1)

1470  Zen Tango? (1)
<It is that 'I like to tango' that seems absurd! You are not tangoing, you <Please dance as you wish but do not go around saying that you dance Tango. It is not fair to tango and it is not fair...

1471  Guess Who is having a Birthday at "La Milonga del Pueblo" Sat. July 5? (1)
Hola Milongueros y Tangueras: Guess who is having a Birthday?  Yes, Randy is having a birthday Saturday, July 5 at our Milonga on Calle Ocho in Miami.  Randy will have the traditional dance with all...

1472  Removal from list (1)
Does anyone know how I can be deleted from this list? I would like to be. Thank you. Dizwarner@aol.com

1473  MISC: A new ReporTango is out! (2)
Hello Tangueros! The new ReporTango magazine (for the month of July 2003) is out! Get your copy now and enjoy these stories: NITO & ELBA GARCIA: TANGO ELEGANTE Featuring: Tango Lyrics: "Cada vez...

1474  I'm a Great Tango Dancer (4)
Barbara Garvey Wrote: This must mean I'm a good dancer! I suppose however I could improve by doing nothing but walking and doing back ochos!! You suppose !? Or better yet, I could forget the back ochos... BB and list, "Even if there are plenty of floor space, I would still be happy to trade dancing with a person who understands musicality...

1475  The Varieties of Tango DANCERS (1)
I'm not a Platonist. I don't believe there is somewhere an archetype of True Tango, which we on earth are trying to imperfectly emulate. I don't think there is a dance as an entity separate from dancers.