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Subject:  TANGO-L Digest - 15 Jul 2000 to 16 Jul 2000 (#2000-194)
There are 4 messages totalling 116 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Technique
  2. Homage to the Milongueros
  3. Tango article on Boston Gobe web site/minus photos that are in paper
     version
  4. Social Dance Versus Posing (Larry Duke)





Date:    Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:38:46 +0200
From:    andy Ungureanu <Andy.Ungureanu  @T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject: Re: Technique

Carlos Lima schrieb:

> On the other hand, someone who did not catch this kind
> of illness, but rather an obsession with  tango  high
> jinks, cannot be led astray by a  feelings lesson  (or
> even a  musicality class , though a really good one
> may help the sound of hearing). These are people who
> have discovered, not tango, but gimnotangopoedia,
> which is like bad capoeira, performed with tango as
> BACKGROUND muzak, and a partner playing a role not
> unlike either catcher or tumbler in a flying trapeze
> act --- or alternately the both of them.
>
> Such people also have a lot of fun executing complex
> movements without falling and without excessive
> kicking-and-stomping of their partner. (It is always
> better to kick neighboring ladies and stomp on them,
> there is less emotional involvement that way).

This is the best description I ever heard of the strange but wide spread
species:
gimnotangopoedia !

Happy Tangos (without kicking neighboring ladies!)
Andy





Date:    Sat, 15 Jul 2000 10:50:01 -0400
From:    SERGIO <SERGIO  @NCINTER.NET>
Subject: Homage to the Milongueros

Homenaje a los milongueros por Marisa Galindo:

Los Milongueros son: (Milongueros are):

- Those that know how to follow the line of dancing.
- Those that have a great sense of the music.
- Those that know each orchestra, it's singers, and sometimes sing in a very
low voice in your ear.
- Those that with little choreographic material effect a strong exchange of
emotion and pleasure that sometimes becomes    ecstasy, and then from the
feminine perspective allow you to close your eyes and totally surrender.
- They lead very gently and precisely, using the whole body.
- Their dance is self centered, dedicated to you and him, not to the public.
- They dance protecting the woman.
- They exhibit respect for the group, avoiding dangerous figures such as
ganchos, boleos,etc.
- Their sense of the music, variations of rhythm and pauses are in
synchronization with the music, the woman and the other dancers.

PS. Translation of part of a message posted recently by Janice Kenyon from
Buenos Aires.





Date:    Sat, 15 Jul 2000 12:46:05 -0400
From:    James Murphy <cmurf  @WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Tango article on Boston Gobe web site/minus photos that are in paper
         version

The Boston Globe Newspaper today (July 15, 2000)  has an article titled
"Tango al fresco" about area tango dancers dancing in the moonlight on a
bridge over the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, MA.

The Boston Globe web site has the text of the article but unfortunately the
web site does not seem to have the two photos that accompany the paper
version.

The web site URL is:
<http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/197/living/Tango_al_fresco+.shtml>





Date:    Sat, 15 Jul 2000 20:37:21 +0000
From:    Larry Carroll <larrydla  @JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Social Dance Versus Posing (Larry Duke)

Ah, Carlos Lima, you misunderstand. "Larry Duke" is actually an old
friend who loves to assume a secret identity & use his Puckish sense
of humor to prick stuffy discussions & let out all the hot air.

He is actually a controlled but inspired dancer with considerable
elegance of style. Indeed, he is one of the models of the considerate
dancers whose skills I aspire to. He would never, ever hog the floor
or endanger other people. Instead he saves his acrobatic virtuosity
for the times when the dance floor empties out. As I - following his
inspiring example - strive to do also.

                Larry de Los Angeles
                http://home.att.net/~larrydla

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