2741  Tango Styles (post final):)

Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:47:53 +0000
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Tango Styles (post final):)

Andreas in reference to your comments:

"Interesting to note in the styles discussion is the fact that Tete (one of
the main proponents of milonguero, yes?) calls his style "salon" (see also
on tejastango). Gavito, for example, is described on the Cosmotango/CITA
website as a main figure of the milonguero style, but look at his walk,
and at some of the figures he does and to me he doesn4t really fit the
descriptions of "milonguero" given on the list and elsewhere."

There are words that may have different meaning depending on the context and
the circumstance in which they are being used.
We have already seen the use of apparent insults in an affectionate form,
when we discussed the slang word "gil". Certain words used in reference to
immigrants, that in the USA are considered to be insults and are used as
such, in Argentina may have an affectionate connotation, hence "tano"
(dego) in re.to Italians, "gallego" in re. to Spaniards, etc.

Tete calls his style "salon" in reference to the division of tango into two
categories:

Social dancing (salon) vs. Stage dancing. He is not referring to the
subdivisions of social tango into:

Milonguero, salon, nuevo, etc.

Gavito dances salon style. The word "milonguero" is frequently used in
Argentina in reference to people that go regularly to the milongas and also
to the way they dance. A very popular form.

Gavito dances salon with all its attributes, close embrace, open embrace,
different walks, different figures, richness of embellishments (firuletes),
passion, flirtation, seduction,etc.
In summary he is a real "Milonguero".

I hope this clarifies this matter.
PS. Does anyone knows what Todaro Style is?