3897  Lucia, Daniel, Anton, Natalie....

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 01:36:06 -0400
From: bailadora2000@EXCITE.COM
Subject: Re: Lucia, Daniel, Anton, Natalie....

Andy wrote:
I have noticed, over the years, that the cute, nimble, well-rehearsed kids from Bs As we keep getting as representatives of the tango throughout the world have NO FEEL! They just move like zombies, going through [slick] motions to impress those who have no taste. Are they to "be the future of tango"?



Unfortunately, this is often very true to many young dancers, performers, actors, singers..etc. One thing that age generally does give us is experience, which helps in interpreting tango (or any other type of art form). As a dancer, it is frustrating that as we learn to develop an internal understanding of ourselves and the dance with time and age, we loose some of our strength, agility, speed, and energy with this aging. This is a constant struggle of a professional dancer. Many of an experienced dancer loses work to a younger dancer who's faster, stronger and more agile. Fortunately for us dancers, tango is a dance that can improve with age (and obviously we see many older dancers still making quite a career with it).

It's true that these kids may not have that feeling yet...but hopefully as they learn and experience life more, they'll probably develop it. But as the popularity of tango grows, I fear we will probably see more demand of this popular theatrical aesthetic of the young, skinny, pretty couple that may or may not give some emotion of the dance. Unfortunately that's what the common audience wants (I'm not talking about tango afficianados, I'm talking about everyone else out there...remember we are only a small population in comparison). Most people only see the surface of the dance, and well, sometimes that's what sells the tickets. However, fortunately, through it all...we still have a lot of talented, seasoned, and expressive dancers out there.

Nicole
Miami