Monday, February 18, 2008

An interesting website about tango

from a local tanguero.

www.tangoprinciples.org

Check it out. May learn a few things.
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4 comments:

  1. AlexFebruary 18, 2008 at 6:33 PM

    I checked it out and read a bit...it looks like very good stuff...concise yet enlightened you might say...

    Good find and thanks for posting..

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  2. TinaFebruary 19, 2008 at 9:19 AM

    I hate to be a party pooper, but I personally don't find that I like it that much.

    Especially this part which I think is rather insulting to Argentine culture:

    "Tango is a relatively young art form. Potentially, it can have as much depth and cultural significance as music, painting, or the best of martial arts."

    In my opinion the guy doesn't know what he's talking about.

    Hey, on another note, not much longer until you're down here in BsAs - getting excited?

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  3. Señora CaponeFebruary 19, 2008 at 9:43 AM

    I second that, tango has a huge cultural significance, that spans more than dancing.

    His writing of the decline of tango, then resurging in the 80´s & 90´s, bothers me as he didn´t research it or left the reason out entirely. There is a huge culturally significant point to this; it was called the Dirty War. The Military Dictatorship of the time made it dangerous for gatherings and tango went underground.

    Why were there not people in between the ages of 30+ to 50 not dancing? Many reasons, raising families, no time nor money (during hyperinflation, no one month or more tango vacations for these folks!) and many of this age group were part of the disappeared. Hence, they didn´t have the opportunity to learn tango.

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  4. NYC Tango PilgrimFebruary 19, 2008 at 11:12 AM

    Ok, Ladies,

    What interests me from the website is the Oldtimers Speak. The rest is bit tedious for me to read through.

    Thanks for the comment. Maybe see you
    ladies in the milongas one of these days.

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