Tango Nuevo
About this book
The Argentine tango is one of the world's best-known partner dances. Though tango is much admired and discussed, very little has been written on its ongoing evolution. In this innovative work, Carolyn Merritt surveys tango history while focusing on the most recent iteration of the dance, tango Nuevo, and the prĂĄctica scene that has exploded in Buenos Aires since the early 2000s.
After starting with an overview of tango, Merritt leads readers on a great adventure through the traditional dance halls and the less formal prĂĄcticas of Buenos Aires to tango communities on both coasts of the United States. Along the way, Merritt's personal observations show the dance's emotional depth and the challenges dancers face in tango venues old and new. Her investigation also demonstrates how innovation, globalization, and fusion, which many associate with nuevo, have always been at work in tango.
Combining sensuous prose, provocative images, and often heartbreaking stories, this book takes an unflinching look at the complex motivations driving the pursuit to master this intricate dance. Throughout, Merritt questions the "newness" of Nuevo through portraits of machismo, violence, and elitism in contemporary tango. The result is a volume that highlights the tensions between preservation and evolution of this--or any--cultural art form.
Members of the global tango community as well as students of dance, folklore, anthropology, and the social sciences will embrace this book. For those who are devoted to Argentine tango as dance, this book will be indispensable to understanding its most recent transformations.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Travels in Tango
- 1. There Is No New Tango
- 2. Finding Tango: From the Golden Age to the Twenty-First Century
- 3. What's So New about Tango Nuevo?
- 4. Manejame como un auto (Drive Me Like a Car)
- 5. ÂżDroga o terapia? (Drug or Therapy?)
- 6. Locating the Tango
- Epilogue: Las vueltas de la vida (Life's Twists and Turns)
- Appendix 1. Law 130: Tango as Cultural Patrimony
- Appendix 2. Evaluation Criteria, Tango World Championship, Salon Tango Competition
- Glossary
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index