Eric Jørissen - El Corte

[ArbeeNYC]

Relatively speaking most milongas are dour irrespective of which city or town.

That YouTube carricature about salsera and tanguera arguing with each other is true. Most non-tango dancers view milonga atmosphere and vibes like a funeral

Ours aren't dour. Some are very enjoyable.

 

[ArbeeNYC]

Relatively speaking most milongas are dour irrespective of which city or town.

That YouTube carricature about salsera and tanguera arguing with each other is true. Most non-tango dancers view milonga atmosphere and vibes like a funeral

You're referring to the TangoCynic videos I assume.

 

[opendoor]

And just 15 years later, they sit down after every milonga tanda because their feet and back hurt..

That's an understatement. I, for one, no longer dance milonga at all.

 

[itwillhappen]

You might have noticed that the second part of the interview got published:

 

[itwillhappen]

I find his clear vision and approach to keeping tango free from attempts to standardize it, through dance teacher associations or "World Championships", admirable. And to see how much timing, talent, skills and perseverance you need for that.

However, I don't know of any new impulses coming from El Corte in the last decade. The in my opinion only major current trend, dual-role dancing, has been deeply anchored in the DNA of El Corte from the very beginning as necessary tolerance towards same-sex dancing.

 

[pianistamediano]

Haven't heard much, if at all, from El Corte either. Anything will be probably have been drowned out by the new wave of European academic tango.

 

[pianistamediano]

As part of the newest generation (maybe there's another coming in a few years, plenty of young beginners after all), El Corte is almost entirely unknown, if not considered some heaven for old people. It's festivals and marathons and parties now.

 

[Bailango]

Haven't heard much, if at all, from El Corte either. Anything will be probably have been drowned out by the new wave of European academic tango.

What is European academic tango?

 

[Brummbaer]

What is European academic tango?

I'm going to take a guess at those with an academic background who think they've just discovered AT. You can also listen to those views fro LA.

But, what if that's not a mainstream?

 

[itwillhappen]

I'm going to take a guess at those with an academic background who think they've just discovered AT. You can also listen to those views fro LA.

But, what if that's not a mainstream?

Where I dance tango, academics are in the majority, as far as I can see.
And Eric Jørissen studied dance anyway.

 

[ArbeeNYC]

Where I dance tango, academics are in the majority, as far as I can see.
And Eric Jørissen studied dance anyway.

Interesting. Not here. Although a lot of techies, doctors, and finance people. Only met a couple of academics.

 

[Bailango]

Interesting. Not here. Although a lot of techies, doctors, and finance people. Only met a couple of academics.

Same. My guess is the local population, the dominant economic industry and disposable income dictates who can sustain in Tango.

@pianistamediano hasn’t explain the meaning of the term.

 

[ArbeeNYC]

Same. My guess is the local population, the dominant economic industry and disposable income dictates who can sustain in Tango.

@pianistamediano hasn’t explain the meaning of the term.

One of the reasons there so few dancers from other fields (blue collar workers, for example) or students from non-Ivy League schools. For many young people the cost of lessons, prácticas, and milongas is unaffordable.

 

[ArbeeNYC]

Same. My guess is the local population, the dominant economic industry and disposable income dictates who can sustain in Tango.

@pianistamediano hasn’t explain the meaning of the term.

I wonder if it also has something to do with the nature of the dance itself? In a sense, it is a less visceral and more cerebral dance than many others.

 

[Bailango]

I wonder if it also has something to do with the nature of the dance itself? In a sense, it is a less visceral and more cerebral dance than many others.

Locally I see the same pattern in swing and salsa. In USA if someone has to two jobs to make ends meet, there is hardly time for dancing or any other activity of leisure.

Originally tango was danced more by blue collars. Once the economics of taking lessons, etc come into the equation, those with more income tend to have an advantage.

If we go to cities and towns not dominated by white collar professions may be we will see a different demographics making up tango.