Are we supposed to believe Len's stuff about gauchos dancing the Argentine Tango?

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Doghouse Riley

13-12-2009

I can't think of "gouchos" without remembering those "goucho trousers" worn for a while for the latin american dances, by Donnie Burns and the like, on "Come Dancing."

"You'd have had to have had a heart of stone, not to laugh."

bendymixer

13-12-2009

Originally Posted by smileycat:
“As great and Vincent and Flavia are, wouldn't it be great for a couple to do a natural AT rather than the showdance AT V&F do? I just feel that they are so much more raw and authentic.”

Have to agree as much as Vincent and Flavia are excellent at Showdance AT I much prefer straight AT

bendymixer

13-12-2009

Originally Posted by Doghouse Riley:
“I can't think of "gouchos" without remembering those "goucho trousers" worn for a while for the latin american dances, by Donnie Burns and the like, on "Come Dancing."

"You'd have had to have had a heart of stone, not to laugh."”

Was just the fashion of the time - nothing can take away the fact that Donnie is one of the best Latin dancers of all time and has trained some of the best dancers around too

Doghouse Riley

13-12-2009

Originally Posted by bendymixer:
“Was just the fashion of the time - nothing can take away the fact that Donnie is one of the best Latin dancers of all time and has trained some of the best dancers around too”

True, but such an irritating on-screen persona.

DavidJames

13-12-2009

Originally Posted by smileycat:
“As great and Vincent and Flavia are, wouldn't it be great for a couple to do a natural AT rather than the showdance AT V&F do?”

A natural AT (salon style dancing) would look very boring to the untrained eye. Unfortunately.

DavidJames

13-12-2009

Originally Posted by ESPIONdansant:
“Danced socially it looks more like this: he leads her out and she does some business while he checks her out, then she watches him closely while he moves his mojo and then it's her turn to impress him. And so on.”

Danced socially, AT looks like two people walking slowly around the edge of a dance floor. There's very little intricacy in social AT, usually because there's no room for it, and/or it breaks the connection.

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