Re: [TANGO-L] Tango Nuevo and Argentine Tango. What is the difference?

[Sean Dockery <sean13 @MYREALBOX.COM>]

Seems a bit more blurry to me.  I recall at least Fabian, if not Gustavo saying that there is no such thing as tango nuevo, and that what he dances is argentine tango.  At what point is there a change, is it no longer argentine tango if I am dancing in close embrace, and I do "change of direction" or a single axis turn ("colgada")? Are "volcadas" nuevo tango or are they argentine tango?

Who deturmines what is what? The Tango L list? Is it important to distinguish?  Do I need to ask my partner if they dance "Argentine Tango" or "Tango Nuevo"?

OK, I'm done.

Sean
(btw: is it NT or AT if I am dancing to alternative music in close embrace?)


-----Original Message-----
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k   @HOTMAIL.COM>
To: TANGO-L   @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 00:04:42 +0000
Subject: [TANGO-L] Tango Nuevo and Argentine Tango. What is the difference?

>From an interesting article comparing Argentine tango and Nuevo tango by
Igor Polk in San Francisco:

In my point of view these are very different. First of all Tango Nuevo is
created by Gustavo Naviera and Fabian Salas. They openly proclaim their
authorship. The story is there, you can find it on Internet. I like Tango
Nuevo. I learn and dance it. It is fun and good exercise. But I do not like
when Tango Nuevo is called Argentine Tango. It is not. Something is missed
in this extract called Tango Nuevo. For now I just say that the difference
between Tango Nuevo and Argentine Tango is the same like the difference
between frozen microwave food and mom's dinner. Like between Sprite and
Champaign. Like between root beer and Beck's.

Nobody can say that Tchaikovsky ballet dances are real russian or persian
dances, right? But somehow people think that show tango is what the real
tango is.

Read on at: http://www.virtuar.com/tango/tango_weblog.htm#tangonuevo

Also two distinct classifications of close embrace styles, cultural and
physical: http://www.virtuar.com/tango/tango_weblog.htm#20030218_2026
I believe I dance milonga in #3 and tango in the style #2.5.
#5 is V-frame.


Cheers, Oleh K.
http://TangoSpring.com