Re: [TANGO-L] TANGO-L Digest - 18 Nov 2005 to 19 Nov 2005 (#2005-317)

[Bill King <Euroking @AOL.COM>]

Hyla,
Nicely put,  but I don't think there is any disagreement between your
comments and Lucia's. I  apologize in advance as I don't want to put words in
anyone's mouth, but the  music is the catalyst, it does not change, yet it inspires
movement that we can  dance, the effect of the inspiration is a result of
hearing.  The more we listen and hear the  intricacies of the song, the more we
expand our enjoyment. The point is a  catalyst is just something that doesn't
change but causes a  reaction.
Early on I  think music serves as an indicator, i.e. you hear a Sinatra, and
you think  Foxtrot so you dance Foxtrot, a salsa and you dance salsa.  As you
learn,  and I believe many don't go further, and you gain experience you hear
several  things in a piece of music, it becomes a much richer experience.
This growth inspires your movements in  different ways. Depending on your mood or
your partners, each time a combo or DJ  plays a particular song, you hear
something different and it inspires you and  you dance it a bit different. Tango
music lends itself to many more  variations and mutual interpretations than
other forms of music, but if you hear  any type of music and it inspires you to
dance a dance other than what it might  have been traditionally written or
interpreted as, so be  it.
Just some  thoughts,
Bill in  Seattle