The elusive Tango Nuevo
Recently there has been some at times rather intelligent (for once) discussions on the Tango-L mailing list about the “elusive” Tango Nuevo, the term Nuevo meaning “new” here.
After reading the different opinions and drawing from my own experiences, I tend to agree that, instead of being a style of dancing (in the sense of a group of people adopting so-and-so’s steps, figures, postures, or responding to the music in a particular way, etc.), Tango Nuevo means more as a way of thinking and analysing the dance.
Where am I?
Whenever we undertake to learn a new subject, sooner or later, for all the efforts we put in (or not, as the case may be), inevitably each and every one of us is interested to know: how do we stack up? I mean, do we have far to go before we achieve some form of mastery??
Well, it seems that such a check-list may exist for Argentine Tango!? Perhaps we can all tick ourselves off against the criteria listed in these rather humorous definitions of different levels of Tango? 😉
Tango blogs
Here are some blog-like resources I found discussed on the Tango-L list:
- Tango, the world and I (Gone, www.dekay.org)
- Inside the embrace
- Tango Noticias (Gone, www.tangonoticias.com)
- Tango Swiki
- Tangophilia
Tango buffet
When you go to a buffet, despite all the goodies, you don’t eat everything on offer, right?
Similarly, at a milonga, one does not need to dance to every song being played. I dance only to what moves me, from the inside. Nothing more, nothing less.