tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post5179272664707650673..comments2023-10-14T15:52:29.871+01:00Comments on Tango commuter: Old mastersTangocommuterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-3610725619988192052010-04-16T10:55:16.697+01:002010-04-16T10:55:16.697+01:00DB, 'jive', my mistake. The YouTube track ...DB, 'jive', my mistake. The YouTube track says 'bailando rock'n'roll'! I wonder if it's not a wonderful invented dance based on watching Elvis and a few others. It's certainly neither West or East Coast Swing! I can't help noticing how level the heads stay, which might well be tango influence. Whatever the legs and feet are doing, the heads just glide around. <br /><br />Really it's Jorge's act. But it's worth checking out Adela Galeazzi's tango and milonga on YouTube.Tangocommuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-25115267793977960122010-04-15T20:57:02.852+01:002010-04-15T20:57:02.852+01:00"Adela Galeazzi and Jorge Garcia's jive&q..."Adela Galeazzi and Jorge Garcia's jive" - here:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOLoXRjku_w<br /><br />I don't think it's Jive (i.e. ballroom jive) per se. Doesn't seem to have that triple-step rhythm.<br /><br />It's a bit like Modern Jive, but with incredible musicality. If I were being hypercritical I'd say that Adela's spins / turns could be a bit sharper, but it's still lovely to watch.David Baileyhttp://www.learningtango.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-3309711011532195252010-04-15T14:16:41.704+01:002010-04-15T14:16:41.704+01:00Dear TC,
Good for you to speak up for, as you say...Dear TC,<br /><br />Good for you to speak up for, as you say, perhaps the last generation of dancers who learned in the milongas. <br /><br />Imagine my surprise and pleasure to see the video you posted of us, and to read your lovely words about Ruben. He was quite moved. <br /><br />Un abrazo tanguero from both of us,<br />Cherietangocheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012220622641996877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-79021934030454067412010-04-14T21:00:06.771+01:002010-04-14T21:00:06.771+01:00Thanks, Irene and Man Yung! Lovely words about bei...Thanks, Irene and Man Yung! Lovely words about being alive and living with feeling and love.<br /><br />Yes! This is definitely a lemon-free zone!Tangocommuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-15404686395173463302010-04-14T17:02:14.831+01:002010-04-14T17:02:14.831+01:00Dear Tangocommuter,
Bravo for your post! And tha...Dear Tangocommuter,<br /><br />Bravo for your post! And thanks for mentioning our blog! We always thought that the comment that Tete made about "lemons" was dead on. The more we spend time with our teachers and their friends - the "old masters" as you have said - the more we feel the love and the joy that we are supposed to feel participating in this wondrous gift called tango. <br /><br />Tango shouldn't be just about taking lessons and learning to be more technically/culturally/stylistically impressive, or getting the one-up on the next dancer. But we guess that many would be disappointed to find out that it is not supposed to be a competition to find out who is most "flashy" or "acrobatic", or even most "correct" or "authentic". As you have shown in your posts and in the video you have posted of your time spent with Pedro Sanchez at his home, tango is a lot about living - and being alive in that living. That means living with feeling, sentiment, emotion - and love. <br /><br />We hope that more dancers will have the good fortune to feel what we feel and see what we see by spending time with the "old masters" - before it is too late,<br /><br />Irene and Man YungIrene and Man Yunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902209997189563931noreply@blogger.com