5476 The Top Six Tango Cities of the USA? (1)
Providence, RI
www.ProvidenceTango.com
Top-notch nuevo tango and exchange of lead and follow.
They have an all-night milonga to which people come
And, Ellen's cooking is to die for!
Of course, NYC.
5477 the first person to choreograph (1)
..." the first person to choreograph Argentine Tango for professional dancers on the stage."
..." the fist film ever devoted to the tango was called "El tango de la muerte
(1917)".
It makes me wonder...
5478 Singer on Color Tango | Timeless Tango [EAN (1)
611077970921]
Can anyone tell me the name of the singer on this album? Thanks.
--
Chris
5479 Last tango in Bs. As. (7)
I've been told that traditionally the last song played
at a milonga in Buenos Aires is La Cumpasita. A
friend of mine, a retiree who has traveled to Bs. As.
several times, staying there months on end,...
5480 Milonga 101: Conversation in a milonga (2)
A woman walks out to the edge of the dance floor to meet the man who has
invited her to dance while seated at a table. They begin dancing without
any conversation.
They dance and then break their embrace...
5481 Tango is a dance of collections or pivots (10)
I say that tango is a dance of collections or pivots
rather than a walking dance. I say this to change to
focus of the dance to where the real tango takes
place.
I use the term pivot to indicate the...
5482 Are there Tango opportunities in Atlanta this (1)
weekend?
I will be visiting the fine citu of Atlanta this weekend. Are there any
milongas within the city? Thanks in advance if someone can help me!
Sherwin Berger
Chicago Tango Junkie
**************
5483 How we learn (6)
I know we write alot about how classes should be taught but I am wondering now how we actually learn Tango.
It would be interesting to hear from those who can still remember what it was like learning...
5484 Victor, chicho, the real tango, practica X (12)
Victor, I am not sure what you mean by calling chicho and gustavo too
"polished", unless that means they dance very well. The example you
showed from practica x was, in comparison, like robotic stick...
5485 If not thinking, and besides the music, what are (5)
you paying attention to?
I have been told by one teacher "What do you care about where the woman's feet are?"
..and reading here, have seen " a leader should always know where the woman is, where...
5486 If not thinking, and besides the music, what (1)
are you paying attention to?
Am 22.01.2008 17:29 schrieb Mario :
He may have meant: "Don't *look* after her feet!"
Yes, you have to know (i.e. feel) where her feet are, first of all the
one where the...
5487 Krasimir, peralta vs gustavo (29)
Okay Krasimir, the second piece in this improv by Gustavo/Giselle is
done to the same music you selected in your clip. I think the G/G clip
is so much more interesting, so much more musical, and...
5488 men who pull to their left (6)
Here is a video of ENRIQUETA KLEINMAN Y RUB?N HARYMBAT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfjsLjob0bM
I take it that Ruben knows well what he is doing when he pulls out to his left so often......
5489 Astrid, Jennifer, Victor, chicho, the real (1)
tango, practica X
Astrid, is this the woman you think is Jennifer Bratt? I do not think
so. you may have been looking at another youtube clip that Victor
posted, which is not the one I was referring...
5490 How do people say disociacio'n in English? (2)
Do tango teachers say dissociation or disassociation
or something else?
What are "over-turned ochos" and "leg wraps" in
Spanish?
How do Porten~os pronounce "giro?" Is the "g"
pronounced as an "h" or as...
5491 what is nuevo (1)
Martin, can't see your clips right now, but I never set myself up to pass judgement on people like these as is pretty clear from my original post. I was not criticising C and G N, just contrasting...
5492 LA MILONGA-CANDOMBERA (4)
" Very few teachers in the Tango arena venture into the Milonga-Candombera subject. In fact, Tango is always taught as some strange phenomenon that just fell off the sky and materialized on its...
5493 Entering the pivot - The closing step (1)
wrote:
No, you're not missing anything. What you said is
important. I posted this topic because I believe that
a leader can learn to focus more on his/her follower,
as opposed to focussing on steps,...
5494 Peralta vs Gustavo -- is just art not science. (2)
Here in this list as in other places (living rooms,
classrooms, pubs,
restaurants) and under the rubric of other topics
(mostly the fine arts and
sometimes politics and religion) argumentation is
subjective...
5495 An entire dance w/o a Cruzada (1)
Excellent! This was part of my training when my
teacher was teaching about tortion and studying
Chicho. He noticed that I was "resolving everything".
What I learned from that was that I was thinking...
5496 what we can learn or not from different (1)
teachers/dancers
One can find good or bad with every teacher/dancer, whether world renown or not, depending on one's perspective (the same with singers, ballet dancers, musicians etc.),
depending on...
5497 An entire dance w/o a resolution or cruzada (1)
Bravo! Many leaders who have been dancing for a few years are constantly resolving and or going to cruzada at "every possible moment" -- how boring!. I wonder why some teachers just rely on patterns...
5498 Apts?...Belle Epoque (5)
Does anybody know anything about these apartments?
I've heard several unhappy stories that they are not
what they seem. I'm curious because a tanguera friend
from Minnesota is planning her first trip...
5499 Krasimir vs anticipation... (6)
As followers we love to dance with GENTLEmen that are as gentle as they can possibly be.
What is encouraging for a follower? It is to feel the confidence that the gentle
generous experienced leader...
5500 Beginning follower (was Krasimir, peralta vs (1)
gustavo)
"detect" them. That makes her anxious she might miss to
react accordingly.
Sounds more like nerves, then. When I feel my partner (man
or woman) getting tense, I start humming to the music....
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