From: Alex <alejandro.delmonte @NTLWORLD.COM>
Reply-To: Alex <alejandro.delmonte @NTLWORLD.COM>
To: TANGO-L @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [TANGO-L] Reluctance to dance milonga.
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:31:36 -0000
Gordon, I didn't say that I don't like milonga. I said that I don't dance
it. The music triggers the feeling, and the feeling inspires the dance.
Granted, milonga is very jolly but it doesn't trigger the feeling I'm
after,
and in fact I'm always surprised that folks can dance tango and milongas
**back to back**.
When Pandora's box was open, sorrow, disease and hard labor was released
into the world. Only hope remained in the box, last refuge of mankind in
the
face of all hardships.
In this day and age sadness is an stigmatised emotion --yet [IMO] it is
also
the healing feeling. Tango welcomes it with open arms [and yes, pun
intended]. The best tango is danced grief-stricken. God knows there is so
much to let go of...
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: <gcessford @DOC.GOVT.NZ>
To: <TANGO-L @MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:51 PM
Subject: [TANGO-L] Milonga and tango
> Oh Wow!
>
> How can anyone who loves tango not love milonga! [Etc.]
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