Comments on: What is Nuevo Tango? http://www.limericktango.com/2008/08/what-is-nuevo-tango/ ...from the Shannon to the Rio de la Plate Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:46:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: EricD http://www.limericktango.com/2008/08/what-is-nuevo-tango/#comment-183 EricD Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:35:56 +0000 http://www.limericktango.com/blog/?p=590#comment-183 Interestingly, Gustavo Naveira http://tinyurl.com/5d2rza & Fabián Salas http://www.totango.net/salas2.html both disown the term "Nuevo Tango". It's just Tango or Argentine Tango - it evolves, so last year's "new" is next year's "old". What was new was an attempt to analyse it into small movements and dynamics, rather than teach an 8-beat basic pattern ? Musically, Hikona sound quite progressive ... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvg6_ztj_f4 ?) Interestingly, Gustavo Naveira
http://tinyurl.com/5d2rza
& Fabián Salas
http://www.totango.net/salas2.html
both disown the term “Nuevo Tango”.
It’s just Tango or Argentine Tango – it evolves, so last year’s “new” is next year’s “old”.

What was new was an attempt to analyse it into small movements and dynamics, rather than teach an 8-beat basic pattern ?

Musically, Hikona sound quite progressive …
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvg6_ztj_f4
?)

]]> By: LimerickTango http://www.limericktango.com/2008/08/what-is-nuevo-tango/#comment-182 LimerickTango Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:11:15 +0000 http://www.limericktango.com/blog/?p=590#comment-182 Certainly musical styles were a factor in the genesis of nuevo tango. More tango-nuevo than tango-chill (my own classification for electro tango), though. Those Piazzolla and jazz influenced pieces where the dancer gets stranded on the dance floor while the bandoneon wanders off on a five minute solo. Certainly musical styles were a factor in the genesis of nuevo tango. More tango-nuevo than tango-chill (my own classification for electro tango), though. Those Piazzolla and jazz influenced pieces where the dancer gets stranded on the dance floor while the bandoneon wanders off on a five minute solo.

]]> By: mshedgehog http://www.limericktango.com/2008/08/what-is-nuevo-tango/#comment-181 mshedgehog Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:03:27 +0000 http://www.limericktango.com/blog/?p=590#comment-181 I think of it as a classification of music rather than of dance. If it sounds electronic or has a loud, explicit, regular beat so it ends up sounding like clubbers' lounge, I tend to think of it as Nuevo. I also think of it as Nuevo if it just doesn't seem to make any sense to dance milonguero style to it - true of a lot of Piazzolla, and not only the Piazzolla that gets remixed with a beat. That makes sense to me, but it's clearly not how most people think of it, and so it doesn't help me make sense of the arguments. I think when people shout at each other about it they must have particular moves in mind. For example, I don't know how they would classify any of Gustavo & Giselle's performances (other than as 'show'). And they use mainly traditional music. I think of it as a classification of music rather than of dance. If it sounds electronic or has a loud, explicit, regular beat so it ends up sounding like clubbers’ lounge, I tend to think of it as Nuevo. I also think of it as Nuevo if it just doesn’t seem to make any sense to dance milonguero style to it – true of a lot of Piazzolla, and not only the Piazzolla that gets remixed with a beat.

That makes sense to me, but it’s clearly not how most people think of it, and so it doesn’t help me make sense of the arguments. I think when people shout at each other about it they must have particular moves in mind. For example, I don’t know how they would classify any of Gustavo & Giselle’s performances (other than as ‘show’). And they use mainly traditional music.

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