suena bíblico pero no lo es.  El tango no es religión por lo tanto no tiene dogma. el tango es el tango si  tiene milonga dice la canción. Ahora , qué es la milonga? Y así sucesivamente  podemos desplazar la pregunta.
En la danza y en la música   escrita y ejecutada -desde que yo me acuerdo- está la duda rondando,el  cuestionamiento, "es tangp"? qué es tango?
Sería pretensioso de mi parte  resolver el enigma que después de todo tanta producción artística  nos ha  brindado . Pero considero un honor y un privilegio compartir y trasmitir lo que  de mi  maestro y compañero he aprendido, porque cuando vemos a Tete bailar no  queda duda de lo que el tango es.
Y ahora , cerremos los ojos  para oir mejor.
La primera nota que escribí  dictada por Tete es esta, data de Noviembre , allá en el final del siglo  XX...
Noviembre 23 , 1998
Hola Gente de Tango
Quien les dirige estas palabras  es  el Tete con el mayor de os cariños y respeto hacia todos. paso a decirles  que me encuentro un poco mal de saber que de una manera u otra se estea  disfrazando al tango. No puedo creer que en esta ERA donde el Tango es en este  momento mundialmente reconocido haya gente que baila y enseña sin música, en pos  de los  " pasos " y no de la música. Me duele mucho saber que a esta altura  en  que nos encontramos no sepan que el tango sigue siendo uno y nada meas, que es  vida, que es parte de uno. de los proios d=sentimientos que  lo hacen sentir a  uno tan bien. Por eso señores, basta de tantas pavadas cuando lo bailan y cuando  lo enseñan. No trabajen enseñando si no saben bailarlo. Por el bien del tango,  por el bien de los maestros y milomgueros que lo bailaron y lo enseñaron y por  el respeto que se merece el tango que es ademeas una de las pocas cosas que no  privatizaron. No importa cueal sea el estilo que se baila, pero que sea  musical.
Gracias por entender a este  bailarín y a su compañera y escribiente
                                                           Tete y Silvia
The legacy is written
It sounds Biblical but it is not.  The tango is not a religion, therefore it has no dogma. Tango is tango if it has  milonga - the song said it . So...what is milonga? In this way, successively, we  could displace the question.
In the dance also in the written and  executed music - since I remember - the doubt is lurking around, the question;  "...is it a tango?"  "What is tango ?
It would be pretentious on my behalf  to try and resolve the enigma that, after all, has given us so much in terms of  artistic production. But I consider an honor and a privilege to share and to  transmit what I have learned from my teacher and partner , because when we see  Tete dancing there is no doubt left what tango is.
And now, let's close our eyes to  better listen.
This is the first note that I wrote,  dictated by Tete in November of the XXth century;
November 23, 1998
Hello, Tango people
The one adressing these words to  you, with great affection and respect to all is the Tete. I hereby say to you  that I find myself feeling unconfortable knowing that, one way or another, the  Tango is being distorted. I cannot believe that in this age when the Tango has  been recognized worldwide there should be people who dance and teach it without  the music, caring only about the "steps" and not the music. It hurts very much  to know that at this stage we find ourselves in, they shouldn't know that Tango  is the one and only and nothing else, that it's a life, a part of each and every  one of us, our very own emotions, and that's why it makes us feel so good.  So,  gentlemen, stop fooling around when you dance and teach it. Do not make a living  teaching it if you can't dance it. For the good of the tango, for the good of  the teachers and milongueros that danced it and taught it and for the respect  that tango deserves, one of  the few things that weren't privatized. 
It doesn't matter which style is  danced, but that is musical.
Thanks for understanding this dancer  and his partner and scribbler.
                                                           Tete and Silvia
 
Hola querida Silvia, y felicitaciones por su blog! ¡Qué buena idea! I hope you have a lot of writing from your years with Tete, and I look forward very much to reading what you write.
ResponderEliminarFor me, I remember him with much affection, and I know his influence is never far away when I'm dancing. He will continue to dance in our memories - and in your teaching.
Su amigo
John.
Very good job from your part dear Silvia Thanks to you and Tete there are more people now who believe that Tango is its music.
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