tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.comments2023-04-04T01:11:40.639-07:00AmpsterTangoAmpsterTangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-42860495208207234582017-02-11T20:29:05.030-08:002017-02-11T20:29:05.030-08:00The only Tango I would ever learn is AT. The other...The only Tango I would ever learn is AT. The others are ugly and, actually, quite funny to watch. The IT is the Tango everyone does when making fun of Tango dancing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-28347811046909985412016-11-15T05:39:19.462-08:002016-11-15T05:39:19.462-08:00Overall, proper technique is not difficult to lear...Overall, proper technique is not difficult to learn, but it requires specific instruction. Once you master it, however, your dancing abilities will improve phenomenally. <br />Salsa dancing is a popular way to get a great workout and to socialize as well! With salsa, the tempo is faster than most other forms of dance music. Salsa Tanzschulehttp://www.salsapeople.ch/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-50444706520398978492011-12-16T08:03:40.675-08:002011-12-16T08:03:40.675-08:00"Tango lives from the music. Therefore it'..."<i>Tango lives from the music. Therefore it's nearly impossible to understand DJs playing non-tango music.</i>"<br /><br />Cassiel, every tango DJ I have heard in Buenos Aires and milongas worldwide plays non-tango mixed with tango. This is no impediment to dancing tango... or to dancing any of the other musics played.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546555586986008873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-90089458382008486562011-09-27T09:50:59.921-07:002011-09-27T09:50:59.921-07:00Now clickable: http://users.skynet.be/fa550465/Now clickable: <a rel="nofollow"> http://users.skynet.be/fa550465/ </a>Manuelhttp://users.skynet.be/fa550465/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-33106744932566123132011-09-27T09:49:08.448-07:002011-09-27T09:49:08.448-07:00I really do agree that expressing and feeling the ...I really do agree that expressing and feeling the music together is one of the ultimate goals in tango. On the other hand, getting there is so much easier after learning all these technicalities, as long as it doesn't distract you from this goal. I believe it's been time wisely spent.<br /><br /><br />Manuel<br /><br /><br />PS: I made a website on technique, structure and analysis, please feel free to comment or criticize.<br /><br />It's here: <br />http://users.skynet.be/fa550465/Manuelhttp://users.skynet.be/fa550465/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-17174857476764342602011-08-16T17:09:37.859-07:002011-08-16T17:09:37.859-07:00@ cassiel, anonymous, Limerick Tango, Elizabeth: I...@ cassiel, anonymous, Limerick Tango, Elizabeth: I thank you very much, and I'm honored.AmpsterTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-23567361578936188302011-08-16T10:47:09.331-07:002011-08-16T10:47:09.331-07:00That's an awesome story. Ha ha, it's great...That's an awesome story. Ha ha, it's great to have a dance partner for life, no? A life together might seem challenging, but it can be fun, exciting, and definitely romantic -- like a tango.Tyson Siegerhttp://www.indyfivestardance.com/dance-styles/cha-chanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-86036215125702168712011-08-10T10:51:05.890-07:002011-08-10T10:51:05.890-07:00Great post!
But you have never once been "ted...Great post!<br />But you have never once been "tedious" to dance with, being a person who is always learning, open to more, and very into the music and the moment. Thanks for this one, destined to be a classic.<br />EElizabeth Brintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-75665024967177029962011-08-03T15:29:47.994-07:002011-08-03T15:29:47.994-07:00Added to my list of posts to read before you d...Added to my list of <a href="http://www.limericktango.com/posts-to-read-before-you-d/" rel="nofollow">posts to read before you d...</a>Limerick Tangohttp://www.limericktango.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-53597322872723876582011-07-29T02:15:19.387-07:002011-07-29T02:15:19.387-07:00Thank You. What a good description of how learning...Thank You. What a good description of how learning to internalise and move without thought to tango dance music can give something beyond words, linking you with others that feel the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-5816699499089069632011-07-28T05:49:16.902-07:002011-07-28T05:49:16.902-07:00A very nice post! Yes, you are right! Tango lives ...A very nice post! Yes, you are right! Tango lives from the music. Therefore it's nearly impossible to understand DJs playing non-tango music.<br /><br />Kind regards form Germanycassielhttp://tangoplauderei.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-50779596526390621752011-07-12T10:07:13.593-07:002011-07-12T10:07:13.593-07:00now that was lovely!!now that was lovely!!Christine--RHPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14209880537597263440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-81404575582029425622011-07-07T02:54:24.654-07:002011-07-07T02:54:24.654-07:00quite a stunning bit of camera work...I just loved...quite a stunning bit of camera work...I just loved this..<br /><br />BTMEl Locohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17432427356356225196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-73239918436599884302011-07-06T11:07:00.407-07:002011-07-06T11:07:00.407-07:00@tangocherie, @Mary Ann, @Elizabeth: Thank you ver...@tangocherie, @Mary Ann, @Elizabeth: Thank you very much. I'm honored and flattered.AmpsterTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-45632472576282887232011-07-04T14:56:59.652-07:002011-07-04T14:56:59.652-07:00A magical moment!! Loved it!A magical moment!! Loved it!Mary Annnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-70142446193605080172011-07-04T10:19:37.646-07:002011-07-04T10:19:37.646-07:00And Happy 4th of July to you too! Love it! Fantast...And Happy 4th of July to you too! Love it! Fantastic setting, the best music, wonderful milonguero style tango--and I loved the sound of the wind and the crunch of the gravel.<br />Fantastic! My feel-good moment of the day.<br />Besos!tangocheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10012220622641996877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-11978379057700715302011-06-21T08:31:09.676-07:002011-06-21T08:31:09.676-07:00Since this is my favorite tango blog, I'm eage...Since this is my favorite tango blog, I'm eager for a new entry.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266618729820780848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-85671125454864079932011-06-10T13:29:37.911-07:002011-06-10T13:29:37.911-07:00> Foot Placement
> AT: Toe lead. Toe hits th...> Foot Placement<br />> AT: Toe lead. Toe hits the ground first on the step<br />> BR: Heel lead. Heel hits the ground first, as in a march<br /><br />I'd have to say I think that's a bit of a caricature. Many AT dancers have, especially in forward strides, the same foot placement as when they walk, which is not necessarily with a toe lead (which almost never really happens, though some land on the ball of their feet). That's not a coincidence, since the dance is, in essence, based on walking.<br /><br />Side and back steps, obviously, tend to indeed land on the ball of the feet and the toes respectively, but that makes sense in walking too.<br /><br />Some stage tango dancers do indeed make a conscious effort to land on the ball of the feet even on large forward steps, but that's really an ornament, not something crucial (and they need to train themselves to do it all the while maintaining a smooth movement of the upper body). Some teachers will insist they land on the ball of the foot on forward steps, but if you watch them dance a longish forward step, they won't actually do it and often land heel first and roll on the foot (which makes perfect sense, actually).<br /><br />Many forests have been felled on this very subject even within AT, so you can't just generalise like the article does.<br /><br />There is a difference in foot landing, though, as indeed BR uses a walk that looks a lot more military, rolling from heel to toe or toe to heel a lot more aggressively and extra rapidly.Alexis Couseinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-52172119727898453402011-06-10T13:12:41.793-07:002011-06-10T13:12:41.793-07:00I don't necessarily agree.
Argentine tango w...I don't necessarily agree. <br /><br />Argentine tango wasn't "developed from ballroom", as is evident if you look at historical material from even the 1910-1920s. <br /><br />Rather, the development of ballroom tango elsewhere made it acceptable for higher Argentine society to dance a form of tango, but that was clearly still rooted in Argentine traditions (even though some of the elements that would later turn into marked stylistic differences did indeed originate partly in the "salon" tango vs. popular venue tango differences.) <br /><br />One only has to look at a few movie sources from that period to see that the embrace and musicality are very, very different (with even "salon" Argentine tango from that period being much closer in spirit to Golden Era tango than to ballroom tango, even though the common salida and figures used were a bit different).<br /><br />Golden Era tango developed quite a bit away from 1910-1920 Buenos Aires tango, by the way. That's because it remained a social dance and was never strictly codified, not even in the high society salons. <br /><br />From 1925 on, what was danced in Buenos Aires had very little to do with ballroom tango even in form (Ballroom tango had fossilized some of the 1910-1920 figures and never looked to reconnect with Argentine tango).<br /><br />Et cetero censeo...I'd have to add that the figures/movements are not at the root of this dance. If you think they are, and that superficial resemblances on that level matter, then you aren't seeing the forest for the trees.Alexis Couseinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-39583458318684713332011-05-05T02:43:41.054-07:002011-05-05T02:43:41.054-07:00The tango was introduced to the United States by M...The tango was introduced to the United States by Maurice Mouvet and his partner Madeleine in the winter of 1910/11 (source: Carlos G. Groppa, The Tango in the United States. They had learned it in Paris. The American style of tango was never reexported to Europe. The first intimation that the US had its own style of ballroom dancing was in 2005, when the American Smooth was introduced on Strictly Come Dancing.<br /><br />The tango had never been considered respectable in Argentina; and it was only after it had been refined and shorn of its indecent elements in the genteel salons of Paris, London, Berlin, and New York that it could be taken back to Buenos Aires and be acceptable in high society. So you could say that present-day Argentine tango is developed from ballroom.Piimapoikahttp://www.finnishtango.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-48143646879614546882011-04-21T08:21:50.428-07:002011-04-21T08:21:50.428-07:00I think the need to emphasise being 'grounded&...I think the need to emphasise being 'grounded' in milonguero is because a lot of tango teachers have at least one foot in the world of classical ballet, which is always trying to fly, and where defying gravity is admired and praised. Unconsciously, perhaps, teachers import this predilection into tango, where it doesn't really belong. & of course jive is a 'jumpy' dance, too. 'Being grounded' probably also means a smooth dance, rather than a 'jumpy' dance. &, as you say, contact with the ground emphasises the beat, which is important in improvising in close embrace!<br /><br />I know 'Tete' Rusconi used to emphasise the importance of the ground. In one interview he said: 'Tango is danced in a variety of ways, but principally one gets support from the ground because one finds energy on the ground, and it's on the ground that we dance the music.' He told me: 'Dance like a tortoise, not like an ant!'<br /><br />As for the 'deeply philosophical, enlightened spiritual...', no, really?Tangocommuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-74714879579495577262011-04-18T14:37:33.859-07:002011-04-18T14:37:33.859-07:00@ Patricia from Tango Salon Adelaide: Thank you ve...@ Patricia from Tango Salon Adelaide: Thank you very much for the compliment. I am honored :-)AmpsterTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-32398891852727760412011-04-07T20:04:41.207-07:002011-04-07T20:04:41.207-07:00Ampster, I've just discovered your blog and re...Ampster, I've just discovered your blog and regret that it's taken me so long! I like your concise reflections about the tango journey. <br /><br />There is now a link to our blog, so that dancers in the Adelaide tango community can benefit from your insights.<br /><br />PatriciaTango Salon Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602664648454154268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-39598972234402758022011-03-23T16:16:22.939-07:002011-03-23T16:16:22.939-07:00@ Chris: I knew exactly what you meant. I did, and...@ Chris: I knew exactly what you meant. I did, and that route became another part of my own learning processAmpsterTangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128341367227617647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137291688076873480.post-75106411129471222632011-03-22T18:27:33.390-07:002011-03-22T18:27:33.390-07:00By following I didn't mean by watching. I mean...By following I didn't mean by watching. I meant by dancing.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08546555586986008873noreply@blogger.com