Re: [TANGO-L] Is today's tango a dance of the middle classes?

[Lucia <curvasreales @YAHOO.COM.AR>]

It's beyond me how cannot you SEE! that MAKING A SHOW
for wooing  the opposite sex is at the core of Tango
(and Life!) and this includes DRESS to IMPRESS!

Lucia

 --- "Christopher L. Everett" <ceverett  @CEVERETT.COM>
escribis:

> Kat wrote:
>
> >I'm always floored by the pretention and irony of
> >somebody saying a person or group isn't "classy"
> >enough to dance tango.  To me, tango is like the
> Jay
> >Gatsby of dances.  it's a self-made man, who's
> charm
> >is in no small part dependent on it's seedy roots.
> >Putting on a tuxedo and slicking back your hair
> won't
> >make you a good dancer, working hard, listening to
> the
> >music, and having a soul will.  The last time I
> >checked, that wasn't dependent on class,
> nationality,
> >or dress code.
> >
> Hear, hear.  I tell my students that tango is a
> working
> person's dance all the time.
>
> >Don't get me wrong, it's fun to dress up and make
> >something that could have been simply charming
> >completely hypnotic.  But to count the worth of an
> >event based on the trimmings of the attendees or
> the
> >location seems like you're either in it for the eye
> >candy or the elitism more than the dancing.  i gave
> >that crap up with ballet.
> >
> I would say that no one can deny where they come
> from, but in the
> old days, people did dress according to their
> aspiration.
>
>
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