If you can, and choose to.
I dance to alternative and nuevo music. But I wonder, how many people are actually willing to? My impression is, probably 20-30% of milonga goers can dance to alternative songs, and fewer, 10-20%, choose to dance. It is a sad state.
"Can" is about ability (or lack of). If you do not have ears to enjoy alternative songs, probably you don't want to dance to the song. If you do not know how to interpret and dance to a song as a Tango dancer, and have not been trained to "stretch and breathe" your moves, you cannot.
"Choose to" is about your choice. There are good dancers who refuse to dance alternative songs. The reason is in their head, so I wouldn't know.
There are many ways for Tango dancers to narrow their choices. You need to remember, choice is something of self-imposed and perhaps is something you need to check the validity from time to time. In some cases, narrowing, focusing, and specializing, is good. But for Tango, narrowing you options are not always good, especially when you want to be a good dancer. Stay open to possibilities.
There are different set of skills to dance different songs in an expressive manner. Don't dismiss alternative songs that can teach these skills.
This is my plea for alternative and neo/nuevo songs. Be nice to them and dance to them.
