Dance: Online Tango events, and upcoming "2nd Holiday Tango weekend (12/19/2020)"

 Tango is an antithesis of social distancing.

After March 2020 to present, all milongas around me are shut down. "Forget it", until vaccine is ready and pandemic is contained.

Indeed, Operation Warp Speed did an incredible job, developed 95% effective mRNA vaccines. Beginning 2 days ago (12/15), frontline healthcare workers are getting the vaccine in this state. Previously I predicted that my turn would probably be March or April. I'd just wait, while attempting to stay healthy.

 That would mean, it will still be some time until we can safely return to milonga. 

In the meantime, people are attempting something new.

One of the attempts is online Tango shows.

I checked out Dallas student show on 12/5. It was interesting. It was a mix of pre-recorded introductions and (mostly) live performances. With introductions, it was far more informative than regular stage shows. The performers were wearing black masks with some bling. Very 2020.

In the future, when they reenact 2020, they would use masks of all kind. Personally I've only used blue surgical masks and have not gotten fancy ones with bling. Maybe I should get one?

In the online show format, actually, we cannot tell if a performance is live or not. Will splicing and editing of dance performance become more popular? Perhaps.

Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a classical piano genius, particularly famous for his J.S. Bach interpretations. He advocated editing of musical recordings over live performances, and it was met with skepticism and resistance. But it was 55 years ago and he was ahead of his time. Now, editing is a common practice in almost anything.

We scientists are strictly forbidden from arbitrarily editing data, and data manipulations are scrutinized, as such manipulations can easily skew the results, interpretation, and message. But we are bound by mother nature, which is an exception among many fields of human arts. In a creative arts catering to human bodies and minds, scientific rigor is not required, or is even a hindrance.

That said, how about dancing? Can we edit and create a "perfect" dance on film? Sounds like it is also a common practice, Is it not?

In the world of edited films, we can ground ourselves with live performances.

Online Tango shows are a format between live and edit. You can control how much percent is live, and how much is pre-recorded. There would be a Goldilocks zone in the mix somewhere for entertainment of viewing pleasure.
 

There is an upcoming professional Tango show on line (zoom) this Saturday (12/19/20). I've got a ticket ($20 via paypal) and am looking forward to it.

 

link to the facebook event page, "2nd Holiday Tango weekend"

https://www.facebook.com/events/826767394816089?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_calendar%22%7D]%7D

"We present a spectacular New Show: from Buenos Aires "Amores Tangos", the Argentine Tango couple Patricio & Eva, Celina & Hugo, Dallas Tango Femme Team, also the singers Limon Garcia & Cucuza Castiello and more…"