Epiphany

[anfisa_]

I finally acquired a reasonably clear understanding of what Nuevo is and where it belongs. (It only took me six workshops over a weekend with a knowledgeable teacher who kept defining Nuevo by reference to classical, a series of stupid questions asked and answered over time and a debate over "ideological differences

Comments

[tiki2tavi]

Не очень разбираюсь в школах танцев, о которых ты пишешь, но должна заметить, что пишешь ты о них увлеченно. А твой английский (американский?) просто доставляет удовольствие на фоне того, что я переводила и расшифровывала последние две недели!

[francesca_]

I believe you are absolutely right.
On the last thing, my way of coping with it is not going to the milongas where it predominantly can be found.

[anfisa_]

Thank you for your supporting opinion. Avoidance is generally a good tactic, but there is a catch 22 here - younger guys are predominantly Nuevo and poorly trained in classical basics. My beloved "old farts" who prefer classical, are now reaching the age of triple bypass surgeries, strokes and general deterioration of physical abilities, so we need to be able to cope with the younger crowd is we want to continue dancing.

[francesca_]

Personally, I do not see any need to cope with poor dancing if I want to continue dancing. Au contraire. :)

[anfisa_]

To me Nuevo does not always equal poor. There are enough reasonably good dancers who prefer to dance Nuevo which means it is advisable to understand the lead and be able to follow, at least within one's physical abilities.