5809  Tango 2000....for dummies

Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:01:18 +0000
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Tango 2000....for dummies
To: Tango-L List <tango-l@mit.edu>



Reading the different posts on this subject...

It seems that is clear that traditional tango dancers are happy with their milongas, if they ever go to another milonga they adjust to the rules and characteristics of that place and do not disturb anyone.

Many Nuevo dancers have their own practicas and milongas in many places and do not disturb anyone either.

Traditional tango dancers do not mind to have separated milongas, as most of them consider that Nuevo dancers disrupt their dancing.

Nuevo dancers on the other hand for reasons that are not clear, do not want to have separated milongas and insist with going to the traditional milongas to upset the local dancers.

Chris UK stated "Almost all nuevo dancers found in trad European milongas are teachers. For them, a nuevo-only milonga would be about as much use as an advert-only radio station."

Uhmm! it seems that the reason the Nuevo dancers come to the traditional milonga is to show off and steal tango students for their own groups... then.

To show off and to disrupt the dance are reasons to be thrown out of a milonga, it has always being that way, but now you have the added element of student stealing...this is even worse.

Please,let me know if you think that my interpretation is wrong.

Best regards,

Sergio



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Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:19:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: Larry Richelli <larryrichy@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Tango 2000....for dummies
To: tango-l@mit.edu

>Many Nuevo dancers have their own practicas and milongas in many places and do not disturb anyone either.

>Traditional

tango dancers do not mind to have separated milongas, as most of them
consider that Nuevo dancers disrupt their >dancing.

This is good. I just wish we could have separate festivals. For instance, Denver is advertised as a close embrace festival but man, it is not longer this way. You have two or three guys that can dance open nuevo pretty good and 20 other guy that want to be just like them that can't. This has really screwed up this festival and the line of dance, even though they have an alt milonga on one afternoon.

Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:52:49 EDT
From: HBBOOGIE1@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Tango 2000....for dummies
To: larryrichy@yahoo.com, tango-l@mit.edu

Larry the same thing happened at the San Diego Festival last year. A few
people showed up and not only disrespected the floor but also had a shouting
match on the dance floor with one of the guest instructors. Same close
embrace festival?

In a message dated 10/19/2009 3:08:52 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
larryrichy@yahoo.com writes:

>Many Nuevo dancers have their own practicas and milongas in many places

and do not disturb anyone either.

>Traditional

tango dancers do not mind to have separated milongas, as most of them
consider that Nuevo dancers disrupt their >dancing.

This is good. I just wish we could have separate festivals. For instance,
Denver is advertised as a close embrace festival but man, it is not longer
this way. You have two or three guys that can dance open nuevo pretty good
and 20 other guy that want to be just like them that can't. This has really
screwed up this festival and the line of dance, even though they have an
alt milonga on one afternoon.




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