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Here is Ruben y Cherie:

This couple has gotten great reviews from the New York Times and I can see why. The music is B.B. by Troilo, 1963 work. A tango friend who is a Troilo fan pointed it out to me. I didn’t recognize the music, although it is in my library. It is very dramatic and theatrical. I couldn’t think of any better performance that I have seen than this.

This is one of my favorite Pugliese instrumentale. Interestingly, there are two different versions of this song, learned first from Royce. You can read here.

The shorter version is 3.55 minutes long, I think, which could be found on BTAC Collecion Revista Vol. 01. – Osvaldo Pugliese y su orquesta – Años ‘52 / ‘53. The more commonly available version is 4.06 minutes long from Reliquias’ Cantan Alberto Morán y Roberto Chanel.

I like Fabian Peralta y Virginia Pandolfi’s performance the best. I like Peralta’s recent performance seen on youtube. There is more subtlety in his movement and less flashy. I really enjoy the musicality these two have expressed. And how they walked to the music.

Perfect example of how Pugliese is danced in the milonga setting. Simple, smooth yet musical. Less is more, and it seems so effortless.

Both of them are amazing dancers. I love the way Tate dancing socially in the milonga. Here, however, since they are not regular partners, the performance lacks of chemistry, despite occasional demonstration of individual brilliance.

Pay attention the pauses in all these performances in didactic context. It is interesting to see how each selected which phrases to dance and where in the music to pause. For me, the first two performances,even while the dancers were pausing, the intention still carried the music. So the both performances felt uninterrupted, smooth and flowing to the music. The third one, the pauses interrupted the flow of the whole dance, therefore the music choppy.

La Melodia del Corazon, the tango derivative of Etude by Chopin, by Donato con Gavio and Canaro con Amor. The Donato version is mostly played during performance. I am not a huge fan of Canaro, except his milongas. I did make a Canaro Con Amor tanda with this song as the last one and played it last week at a practica. It was quite nice actually.

A more modern rendition, they were like two butterflies floating on the floor.

Love Calo con Podesta, but haven’t danced to this song for while.

J&G

S&R

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