Re: [TANGO-L] Walking the tango - About Tango Precision being an Oxymoron

[Lucia <curvasreales @YAHOO.COM.AR>]

Oxymoron: a combination of contradictory terms
The following argument is intended for Social Tango
only.

 --- astrid <astrid  @RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP> escribis:

> > >From: Lucia <curvasreales  @YAHOO.COM.AR>
> > >precision is
> > >associated with coldness, premeditation and
> analysis.
> >
> > Coldness? Premeditation? Analysis? How about
> natural physical prowess or
> > athletic ability? How about skill from practice?
>
> Well, said, Manuel. I agree completely.

Since some have publicly trumpeted their conviction
that  Social Tango is a dance of precision, a
correction is needed lest their pernicious views
corrupt the innocent.

If we glance at the definition of "precision" in an
English dictionary:


1.  Used or intended for accurate or exact measurement


2. Made so as to vary minimally from a set standard.

I would add, a quality that can be reproduced exactly
and repeatedly with a minimum of variance.

If there's an English linguist reading, I would
appreciate a correction. For I never heard about a
"precise walk". But a limping walk, sensuous walk,
hobbling walk, fast. slow, timid, confident, macho
walk, etc. One could also mull over the terms
"precision dancer, (if it exists)" and "skilled
dancer". I know about "precisin bombing" though ;->

Before you start suspecting that maybe "precision" is
a term ill-suited to Social Tango, let's see if there
are dances that the term applies accurately to.

Take the classical ballet: the dancers, in pas de deux
for example,  are judged on synchronicity, paralleism
of limbs, equal angles, height of movement,
repeatebility.

This is called Precision!

And to be able to dance like a Bolshoi or a Royal
Ballet dancer, you have to a personal application,
whic yes, includes a mix of will, premeditation,
coldness and analyisis, along with other
characteristics.

It needs also grace and talent, but sorry to say, some
correspondents to this list, including Astrid who
enjoys displaying her ignorance, seem to think that
natural talent is replaceable by hard work.

To continue the argument, is ballet, or quadrille,
true dances of precision, comparable to Social Tango?
Then, does anyone still think that Social Tango can be
defined as a dance of precision? That there are
elements in Social Tango that can be measured
according to the definition of "precision", time and
again, and for every couple?

Lucia ;->

Huh, to think what befell to a simple dancing walk to
the tune of a bandoneon!...



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