Re: [TANGO-L] Question on Alternative Music

[Lois Donnay <donnay @DONNAY.NET>]

This is an excellent question, and I would like to add a corollary. I often
complain about the music played at milongas, especially when it gets away
from the old standards. Why? It seems that alternative music gives leaders
permission to not dance to the music -just perform all their figures while
some background music plays. As a matter of fact, this Saturday I'll be
teaching a workshop on how to dance to alternative music.

What moves do you like to do to various types of music? For instance, I like
strong, earthy and grounded steps, with a loose waist, to Blues music. I
like suspension moves to Bajafondo, etc.


Lois Donnay
Minneapolis, MN 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trini or Sean - PATangoS [mailto:patangos  @YAHOO.COM] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:41 PM
> To: TANGO-L  @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [TANGO-L] Question on Alternative Music
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am trying to figure out what is it about alternative
> music (such as the tango renditions of Beatles tunes,
> just as one example) that encourages the longer,
> flowing movements of Nuevo.  The melody?  More marcato
> in 2?  Some other term I am clueless on?
> 
> What I am thinking is that the music of DArienzo, for
> example, really encourages the QQS vocabulary with the
> smaller steps used by central B.A. dancers.  If tango
> styles developed along musical lines (as well, as
> space issues) what would then be the musical change
> for Nuevo, as being developed on the West Coast.  Any
> ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> Trini de Pittsburgh
> 
> 
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