tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post3862801079638818608..comments2023-04-16T19:01:10.443+09:30Comments on Tango Salón - Adelaide: The dance-floor’s full - the music must be good!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-33745041174216111802012-11-25T18:19:43.720+10:302012-11-25T18:19:43.720+10:30Of course, different music calls for different res...Of course, different music calls for different responses, Bill. <br /><br />However, in my opinion, restraint is a constant for a number of reasons. Firstly, we should remember the medicos' motto of "cause no harm". Over-exhuberance or drama on the social dancefloor is, quite simply, a hazard to others. <br /><br />The music to which I love dancing often contains lots of subtleties. Responding to the subtle elements of a playful Donato milonga or an intense Pugliese tango requires a high degree of body control. Sure, one can dance without it, but it is quite different. I know which experience I prefer.<br /><br />In social tango, less is definitely more!<br /><br />PPTango Salon Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602664648454154268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-75529249284779195442012-11-25T17:08:32.914+10:302012-11-25T17:08:32.914+10:30I've watched a number of interviews with old ...I've watched a number of interviews with old style milongueros and milongueras..<br /><br />For me also dancing tango is about responding to the music, the emotion, the rythym and the melody of the music.<br /><br />For some music 'restraint' is indeed sometimes called for. But other music calls out for different responses.. There is a world of difference between how I dance the music of Canaro and how I dance Pugliese - or for that matter Piazolla and GoTan.. And there is a world of difference between tamgo and milonga..<br /><br />An aside : Yes I know that there is a 'faction' of tango dancers who think that milonga must be danced with restaint. But for me that is an attempt by folk who love the tango of the Golden Age to 'colonise' its predecessor, the milonga and re-shape it in it's own image. I do not belong to that faction.<br /><br />I guess for me it is this whole glorious sweep & range of tango music starting in the 1890's to 2012 that draws & entrances me.. Rather than the single period of the Golden Age' And of much of this is simply not danceable; but much of it is.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-74216844092438741792012-11-25T10:03:36.091+10:302012-11-25T10:03:36.091+10:30Hi Bill,
Re. your initial question about the na...Hi Bill,<br /> <br />Re. your initial question about the nature and character of tango - this is a big one, and I suspect it would receive a different answer from each person asked. Have you watched the interviews with milongueros linked to our website (Videos section)? They are all asked what tango means to them.<br /> <br />For me, tango (the dance) is about responding to the emotion in the music - having a physical 'conversation' about that emotion with one's partner. But despite the intensity or power of the feeling, the dance is characterised by restraint. The strength of the emotional response is felt only by one's partner. The dance is for the couple, not for onlookers. Hence, the value of close embrace, which we're seeing a lot more of at Comme il faut.<br /> <br />Of course, for each couple to have the opportunity to feel and express what I am describing, and not be disturbed, the space around them on the dancefloor must be respected by other dancers. In my view, respect is another core characteristic of tango (the dance).<br />PPTango Salon Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602664648454154268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-10942851902795404422012-11-25T10:02:03.124+10:302012-11-25T10:02:03.124+10:30Hi Pat, At one level your remarks avoid the questi...Hi Pat, At one level your remarks avoid the question I've been thinking about on nature & character of tango, the dance and the music. with a side step.. It's not tango it's soemthing else.....( Quickstep ? )<br /><br />But in another way your comments go to the heart of the matter : tango in BA's in the Golden age was not a purist thing at all.. In the milongas bands played other styles of music and dancers just switched to other types of dance. foxtrot or whatever.<br /><br />I guess I just love the fun and playfullness shown in the way Arialdna Navira & Fernando Sanchez dance "La Colegiala" ...And the musicallity.. It's wonderfulBillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-17698446571020395092012-11-24T23:18:07.476+10:302012-11-24T23:18:07.476+10:30Unknown, many thanks for your specific recommendat...Unknown, many thanks for your specific recommendations. <br /><br />Of course, I'm sure you would agree that even with these key Golden Age orchestras, the DJ must always be very selective. However, that would be too big a topic to discuss here!Tango Salon Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602664648454154268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-28865480424751796122012-11-24T20:27:21.870+10:302012-11-24T20:27:21.870+10:30Tips for Dj's.
Try to play high quality dancea...Tips for Dj's.<br />Try to play high quality danceable gems of the golden age of tango.<br />There four orchestras that are essential: Troilo, DiSarli, Pugliese and D'Arienzo. You can build your music with this axis and around it you play D'Agostino, Tanturi, Fresedo, Canaro, Rodriguez, Malerba, Laurenz, Biagi, Calo, Donato, Gobbi, Jose Garcia, Demare, Tipica Victor, etc. If nessesary you can repeat the first four.<br />Don't abuse with old tangos, is binary music, one tanda is enough. Remember the bright orchestras of the golden age.<br />Forget tango nuevo, Piazolla (except 4 tangos: El pillete, El recodo, La rayuela and Todo corazón) and most tango music after end of 1958<br />Remember that in almost all milongas in BsAs your dance with this music<br />Good luckUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01838497735438492595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-78689677018382869172012-11-22T18:39:17.472+10:302012-11-22T18:39:17.472+10:30Thanks for sharing the link, Bill.
You're rig...Thanks for sharing the link, Bill.<br /><br />You're right. It's not Golden Age tango, but a playful foxtrot. Enrique Rodriguez and his musicians were very versatile and played not only tangos, valses and milongas, but also foxtrots, pasodobles, etc. <br /><br />In dance-halls during the Golden Age of tango, it was apparently common to have a live tango band alternating with a band playing other rhythms. I guess with Rodriguez, organisers got two for the price of one!<br />PP.Tango Salon Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602664648454154268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214689279850264511.post-3885694679809335642012-11-22T18:27:35.293+10:302012-11-22T18:27:35.293+10:30Given your thoughts on Golden Age tango, what are...Given your thoughts on Golden Age tango, what are we all to make of something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVAmfYgy7_0<br /><br />Ariadna Navira & Fernando Sanchez dance "La Colegiala" by Enrique Rodriguez really beautifully..I'd love to be able to do as well...<br /><br />But it is hardly Golden Age tango.Billnoreply@blogger.com