Comments for Simba tango http://simbatango.com Reflexiones de un león Mon, 14 May 2012 19:57:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Nostalgia by Simba http://simbatango.com/2012/04/19/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Simba Mon, 14 May 2012 19:57:50 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2061#comment-1644 Thanks guys, I like your take on nostalgia, TC. Thanks guys, I like your take on nostalgia, TC.

]]> Comment on “Milonga” — tango short by Simba http://simbatango.com/2012/02/20/milonga-tango-short/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Simba Mon, 14 May 2012 19:56:00 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2050#comment-1643 I don't see it as stage either, but they definitely do more than the average dancer, and that is needed to tell the story, so I don't see the point in discussing it too much. Brilliant walking could work for seasoned dancers, but almost noone else would understand the story.... (Sorry I'm so late, very busy elsewhere :-) I don’t see it as stage either, but they definitely do more than the average dancer, and that is needed to tell the story, so I don’t see the point in discussing it too much. Brilliant walking could work for seasoned dancers, but almost noone else would understand the story…. (Sorry I’m so late, very busy elsewhere :-)

]]> Comment on Nostalgia by Tangocommuter http://simbatango.com/2012/04/19/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 Tangocommuter Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:34:51 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2061#comment-1627 Interesting thoughts. Reminds me of something I read recently in John Berger's 'and our faces, my heart, brief as photos' (the book title). He says that nostalgia hardly exists in settled village society but becomes prominent when people start to move around. Nostalgia is the state that immigrants live in, whether for another continent, as in Argentina earlier last century, or city dwellers nostalgic for the countryside. & he adds that when there's a sense of loss (the source of nostalgia) people turn to passionate romantic love as a new certainty and shelter. All of which seemed to throw some light on the development of tango. Interesting thoughts. Reminds me of something I read recently in John Berger’s ‘and our faces, my heart, brief as photos’ (the book title). He says that nostalgia hardly exists in settled village society but becomes prominent when people start to move around. Nostalgia is the state that immigrants live in, whether for another continent, as in Argentina earlier last century, or city dwellers nostalgic for the countryside. & he adds that when there’s a sense of loss (the source of nostalgia) people turn to passionate romantic love as a new certainty and shelter. All of which seemed to throw some light on the development of tango.

]]> Comment on “Milonga” — tango short by Tangocommuter http://simbatango.com/2012/02/20/milonga-tango-short/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 Tangocommuter Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:19:47 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2050#comment-1626 A neat sequence indeed. I don't see the style of dancing as exactly 'stage' but I'd say the dancers are professional dancers and probably teachers, and they might indeed be more at home on stage than in the milonga. You don't see many dancers dancing like this (call it what you will) in, say, Niño Bien or Cachirulo. It's not so much the way of moving as an apparent concentration on a polished appearance that makes it look like a performance, rehearsed and repeated, rather than improvised and spontaneous. Whatever one's mileage! A neat sequence indeed. I don’t see the style of dancing as exactly ‘stage’ but I’d say the dancers are professional dancers and probably teachers, and they might indeed be more at home on stage than in the milonga. You don’t see many dancers dancing like this (call it what you will) in, say, Niño Bien or Cachirulo. It’s not so much the way of moving as an apparent concentration on a polished appearance that makes it look like a performance, rehearsed and repeated, rather than improvised and spontaneous. Whatever one’s mileage!

]]> Comment on Notes on a popular embrace by MV http://simbatango.com/2009/09/06/notes-on-a-popular-embrace/comment-page-1/#comment-1625 MV Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:17:55 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=816#comment-1625 Pardon my rambling... I am just a novice... no professional... no expert. But I dance the way that feels comfortable to me and my partner so I experiment and just doing that has taught me that I should normally push with my heel when walking backward. Similarly I have sometimes found my hand way down (no I am not a pick pocket nor an ass-grabber); note however that I don't consciously place my hand down and I don't feel it happening with every leader... so its probably something between dancing with a particular type of lead that makes it more comfortable... frankly its just a guess. On a side note, if so much importance is placed on dancing with core then isn't lower back kind of connected to it (its closest!). Pardon my rambling… I am just a novice… no professional… no expert. But I dance the way that feels comfortable to me and my partner so I experiment and just doing that has taught me that I should normally push with my heel when walking backward. Similarly I have sometimes found my hand way down (no I am not a pick pocket nor an ass-grabber); note however that I don’t consciously place my hand down and I don’t feel it happening with every leader… so its probably something between dancing with a particular type of lead that makes it more comfortable… frankly its just a guess. On a side note, if so much importance is placed on dancing with core then isn’t lower back kind of connected to it (its closest!).

]]> Comment on Nostalgia by Mari http://simbatango.com/2012/04/19/nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 Mari Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:43:35 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2061#comment-1624 Really excellent timing on this one - thank you for sharing it, and for your thoughts on it. Really excellent timing on this one – thank you for sharing it, and for your thoughts on it.

]]> Comment on From ‘Band Union’ to bandoneón? by Tis http://simbatango.com/2009/07/28/from-band-union-to-bandoneon/comment-page-1/#comment-1576 Tis Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:37:35 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=673#comment-1576 Something funny struck me (already a few times), looking for bandos on Ebay etc. Many of them, especially the early and non-AA ones, have the air valve covers in the shape of the word Band-onion. In the middle is a lyra, which by its shape van easily read as a U. More than once I have come across ads for 'Banduonion' .... Not sure when these covers first came up; but i have seen them on quite early ones. Or is such an explanation to profane? Something funny struck me (already a few times), looking for bandos on Ebay etc.
Many of them, especially the early and non-AA ones, have the air valve covers in the shape of the word Band-onion.
In the middle is a lyra, which by its shape van easily read as a U. More than once I have come across ads for ‘Banduonion’ ….
Not sure when these covers first came up; but i have seen them on quite early ones.

Or is such an explanation to profane?

]]> Comment on “Milonga” — tango short by Terpsichoral http://simbatango.com/2012/02/20/milonga-tango-short/comment-page-1/#comment-1567 Terpsichoral Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:42:23 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2050#comment-1567 That's odd. I didn't regard this as stage tango at all. It looked like classic tango salon to me and I see people dancing this way at milongas all the time. In fact, at many milongas it's the most popular choice. I live and dance in BA and have done for years. Your mileage may differ, of course. That’s odd. I didn’t regard this as stage tango at all. It looked like classic tango salon to me and I see people dancing this way at milongas all the time. In fact, at many milongas it’s the most popular choice. I live and dance in BA and have done for years. Your mileage may differ, of course.

]]> Comment on “Milonga” — tango short by Patricia http://simbatango.com/2012/02/20/milonga-tango-short/comment-page-1/#comment-1563 Patricia Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:46:31 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=2050#comment-1563 Beautiful on several levels and enhanced by the almost complete absence of dialogue. But I'm quite baffled at the stage-tango style of dancing of the protagonists in a milonga. Beautiful on several levels and enhanced by the almost complete absence of dialogue. But I’m quite baffled at the stage-tango style of dancing of the protagonists in a milonga.

]]> Comment on Learning the Language of Tango by Terpsichoral http://simbatango.com/2010/06/27/learning-the-language-of-tango/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Terpsichoral Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:26:05 +0000 http://simbatango.com/?p=1602#comment-1557 Actually, I'm not sure we went to the same class. And I am certain that Naveira recycles his stories and jokes. Actually, I’m not sure we went to the same class. And I am certain that Naveira recycles his stories and jokes.

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