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

["Christopher L. Everett" <ceverett @CEVERETT.COM>]

Lucia wrote:

> It's beyond me how cannot you SEE! that MAKING A SHOW
> for wooing  the opposite sex is at the core of Tango
> (and Life!) and this includes DRESS to IMPRESS! 
>  
A compadre wears the clothes that reflect his beliefs about himself
and his place in the world.  It turns out elegant because he personifies
and embodies elegance and he moves through a world of elegance.

Bums wear clothes that reflect their beliefs about themselves and
their place in the world.  It turns out slovenly because that is the
world they live in.

Making a show isn't the same as embodying the aspects that attract
the opposite sex.  I can wear $3,000 suits, $1,000 shoes and have
perfectly manicured fingernails, or I can wear all black, but that won't
fool anybody, because I am a silk shirt and chinos man.

But reread my post: "in the old days, people did dress according to
their aspiration."  I'll also add that people today dress according to
their aspirations as well.  But the aspitrations are different.

> --- "Christopher L. Everett" <ceverett  @CEVERETT.COM>
> escribió:
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> > Kat wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >      
> > Hear, hear.  I tell my students that tango is a
> > working
> > person's dance all the time.
> >
> >    
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > >      
> > I would say that no one can deny where they come
> > from, but in the
> > old days, people did dress according to their
> > aspiration.
> >
> >
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