Embrace...open or close?

[Bailango]

He moves a bit too much for me, but I still enjoy his musicality.

Moving his feet too much you mean? I like moving my feet like he does. It helps express musicality.

 

[pianistamediano]

Moving his feet too much you mean? I like moving my feet like he does. It helps express musicality.

Not just; I can only say that his performance is "noisy" in a sense, for lack of an ability to express precisely my intuition. But still much better and less noisy than many a performance by modern """maestr@s""".

 

[Brummbaer]

But why blame?

Blame. Credit. Take your pick of an expression. The key issue is that she influenced. And many followed. Cynically, if you like, she saw a market opportunity and used it with a niche product. As have many others, but she did it well.

That's neither right nor wrong; neither good nor bad. Depending on your views on 'influence' and the 'one true way' for social AT.

Other options are available to suit preferences.

 

[Rabbit]

Moving his feet too much you mean? I like moving my feet like he does. It helps express musicality.

It's hardly fair to criticize a recording from 1995 and therefore I won't, but I would personally not dance so many steps to that music (and I am certainly not a minimalist.)

 

[ArbeeNYC]

But why blame? After years in open embrace, it was time for a change of style. And Susana wasn't the only one. Omar Vega was the true missionary of the milonguero style in Europe. Susana Miller was't known here back then.

Watch Omar's little performance on the Seine in 1995.

Any idea who he is dancing with?

 

[ArbeeNYC]

I would say that Susana Miller is only really a pioneer [?] in North America; I have heard of Omar Vega briefly, but never Susana Miller until I started doing research into how tango spread worldwide in the 90s, especially when reading about Jantango's beginnings as a tango dancer.

She's been teaching in B.A. for years.

 

[ArbeeNYC]

It's hardly fair to criticize a recording from 1995 and therefore I won't, but I would personally not dance so many steps to that music (and I am certainly not a minimalist.)

Same, but I do like it, and his musicality is very good. Are his legs kind of bendy or is that an artifact of his posture?

 

[Bailango]

It's hardly fair to criticize a recording from 1995 and therefore I won't, but I would personally not dance so many steps to that music (and I am certainly not a minimalist.)

I thought in terms of performance it was as minimalist as it could be

I watched it again. His dancing is all in the music is what I feel watching. Granted he is dancing more to the rhythm than the melody parts. This can be a good example when teaching or exploring musicality. A discussion on how dancers may move/express during different phrases in this song.

 

[Bailango]

Same, but I do like it, and his musicality is very good. Are his legs kind of bendy or is that an artifact of his posture?

Due to lack of good contrast, it is rather hard for me to make out his posture and dance frame. I did notice there is a tendency to bend at knees first time I watched.

 

[opendoor]

Due to lack of good contrast, it is rather hard for me to make out his..

Watch the milonga scene (el Flete) of the Tango Lesson. Oma Vega is the last but one to dance with Sally:
Derman, Naviera, Cacho Dante, Sallas, Vega, Copello.

 

[itwillhappen]

Watch Omar's little performance on the Seine in 1995.

On videos, I see myself a bit stumpy and awkward dancing, taking the steps too far.
So far I've accepted that with a shrug, because I don't dance for the audience and often do not wear wide-cut tango trousers.
In the future I will proudly state that I dance in the tradition of Omar Vega.

 

[opendoor]

...proudly state that I dance in the tradition of Omar Vega.

He was famous for incorporating many traspie-steps and doublings. I would be glad if you could carry on with this style.

 

[opendoor]

Any idea who he is dancing with?

Unfortunately NOT. Before the pandemic two dancers from Paris did participate here on DF. Personally I haven't got any contacts into the french scenes.

 

[pianistamediano]

I thought in terms of performance it was as minimalist as it could be

I would say no, but it's all subjective anyway

 

[Bailango]

He was famous for incorporating many traspie-steps and doublings. I would be glad if you could carry on with this style.

No wonder I find a kinder spirit in him I like incorporating those very steps and plus the rock steps.