5364 Inspiration and Imitation: role models
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:20:51 EST
From: Crrtango@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] Inspiration and Imitation: role models
To: tango-l@mit.edu
It is often difficult and misleading to attempt to imagine how someone dances
tango based on their posts to Tango-L. Even when two people agree in
writing on style and philosophy, they may dance very differently. As I have posted
before, we often see visitors here in NYC from other tango communities and it
is informative and revealing to see how they dance, compared to their
comments. Often the styles they like and write about reflect their own dancing, but
not always. So I thought of an idea to put a face (or feet) on the
responses. Youtube is an excellent source for finding examples of tanguero/as and
milonguero/as we admire. It would be interesting to go one step further and
pick a video that represents how each of us dances, or how each of us would like
to dance. Try to find the one person, male or female, that best exemplifies
either your own style or the style you aspire to. Perhaps with a brief
comment as to why. Some might be obvious, some might be surprises. I have many
favorites but only one or two that I would actually use as models.
To start this off, my own style and approach would be closest to El Chino
Perico because of his elegance and understatement. I have done performances
over the years with more elaborate choreography, but in the end (and especially
in a social situation) my dancing probably is closest to what is shown in his
videos. There are a number of examples of him on Youtube.
How about yours?
Cheers,
Charles
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:46:54 +1100
From: Victor Bennetts <Victor_Bennetts@infosys.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Inspiration and Imitation: role models
To: "tango-l@mit.edu" <tango-l@mit.edu>
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I think the essence of tango is finding your own style. I hate to use the M word, but that is probably what makes someone a milonguero, that they have refined their dance so much through use that they have their own unmistakable style. I have heard it said in BsAs that a milonguero starts with hundreds of steps and ends up with five, but they own those five steps. To me that is style. Anyway, I don't have youtube at work, but if I had to pick a dancer I want to aspire to be like, style wise, it would have to be Osvaldo and the way he dances with his wife Coca. Apart from his smooth style, I just love that they are married and have been dancing for so long together on and off over the years no doubt through thick and thin, because I get most of my dancing inspiration from my beautiful wife.
Victor Bennetts
Charles> Try to find the one person, male or female, that best exemplifies
either your own style or the style you aspire to.
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:06:31 -0800 (PST)
From: Tango For Her <tangopeer@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Inspiration and Imitation: role models
To: Crrtango@aol.com, tango-l@mit.edu
If you dance show tango, then it might be fruitful to find someone, online, who's dancing style is familiar to yours. However, it's only my opinion, but, if you dance tango for the softness, I don't see how that applies.
I can't count how many times I told women, "He must be a great dancer.", about someone they just danced with and got the response. "Not really. He throws me around." or "He doesn't wait for me", etc. So, I have learned that it isn't necessarily in what you see.
With that said, have you ever seen an older man slow dancing with his wife and he looks so smooth and she seems so happy? I pick him!
Crrtango@aol.com wrote:
It is often difficult and misleading to attempt to imagine how someone dances
tango based on their posts to Tango-L. Even when two people agree in
writing on style and philosophy, they may dance very differently. As I have posted
before, we often see visitors here in NYC from other tango communities and it
is informative and revealing to see how they dance, compared to their
comments. Often the styles they like and write about reflect their own dancing, but
not always. So I thought of an idea to put a face (or feet) on the
responses. Youtube is an excellent source for finding examples of tanguero/as and
milonguero/as we admire. It would be interesting to go one step further and
pick a video that represents how each of us dances, or how each of us would like
to dance. Try to find the one person, male or female, that best exemplifies
either your own style or the style you aspire to. Perhaps with a brief
comment as to why. Some might be obvious, some might be surprises. I have many
favorites but only one or two that I would actually use as models.
To start this off, my own style and approach would be closest to El Chino
Perico because of his elegance and understatement. I have done performances
over the years with more elaborate choreography, but in the end (and especially
in a social situation) my dancing probably is closest to what is shown in his
videos. There are a number of examples of him on Youtube.
How about yours?
Cheers,
Charles
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Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:30:09 -0700
From: <doug@swingfusion.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Inspiration and Imitation: role models
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>
https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7683557118247598290
<https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7683557118247598290&qÊPPUSSI&tot
al&start=0&num&so=0&type=search&plindex=7>
&qÊPPUSSI&total&start=0&num&so=0&type=search&plindex=7
D.
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:40:10 -0700
From: <doug@swingfusion.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Inspiration and Imitation: role models
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>
Don't know what happened, so lets try this again!!
https://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7683557118247598290&qÊPPUSSI&tota
l&start=0&num&so=0&type=search&plindex=7
D.
