Re: [TANGO-L] Is today's tango a dance of the middle classes?

[Kat <hellkat_13 @YAHOO.COM>]

I'm always floored by the pretention and irony of
somebody saying a person or group isn't "classy"
enough to dance tango.  To me, tango is like the Jay
Gatsby of dances.  it's a self-made man, who's charm
is in no small part dependent on it's seedy roots.
Putting on a tuxedo and slicking back your hair won't
make you a good dancer, working hard, listening to the
music, and having a soul will.  The last time I
checked, that wasn't dependent on class, nationality,
or dress code.

Don't get me wrong, it's fun to dress up and make
something that could have been simply charming
completely hypnotic.  But to count the worth of an
event based on the trimmings of the attendees or the
location seems like you're either in it for the eye
candy or the elitism more than the dancing.  i gave
that crap up with ballet.

Kat

--- Lucia <curvasreales  @YAHOO.COM.AR> wrote:

>  --- Derik Rawson <rawsonweb  @YAHOO.COM> escribis:
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> > Dear All:
> >
> > The difference in a word is "elegance".  In Europe
> > good taste. Nicely dressed people and beautiful
> > settings.  In the USA bad taste.  Poorly dressed
> > people .....
>
> Let's face the truth: most people dancing the Tango
> belong to the middle classes. Europeans and Latin
> Americans who belong show their "class" without
> compunction.  Middle class American naives subscribe
> to the American mythology's fiction that it is a
> classless society, their taste being taught by
> marketing drives....
>
> Lucia
>
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http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat3.asp?id=2287
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