ARGENTINE TANGO (AT) versus HOLLYWOOD TANGO
COLUMBUS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CENTERS OF BALLROOM TANGO, OR AMERICAN TANGO. ITS FOLLOWERS CALL IT HOLLYWOOD "ARGENTINE" TANGO, AND BELIEVE - OR PRETEND TO BELIEVE - THAT IT IS AT. IT IS RELATED TO ARGENTINE TANGO AS VULGARITY IS RELATED TO REFINEMENT, MCDONALDS "FOOD" TO FOOD. REFINEMENT REQUIRES EFFORT. IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR ALL.
IN 2004 ARGENTINE TANGO WAS INTRODUCED BY YUVAL TO OSU IN THE FORM OF TWO STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, TangoOSU FOR INSTRUCTION, ATCO FOR PRACTICE, WITH THE BELIEF THAT OPEN MINDED STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AND LEARN.
STRICT MEASURES WERE ENFORCED TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WOULD MAKE THE DOMINANT FACTOR. THERE WAS STEADY PROGRESS, HINDERED EVERY NOW AND THEN BY BALLROOM DANCERS, WHO PREYED ON THE AT STUDENTS IN VARIOUS WAYS.
YUVAL INSTRUCTED TangoOSU SINCE ITS CREATION IN 2004 UNTIL EARLY 2013, WHEN IT WAS CONVERTED TO HOLLYWOOD "ARGENTINE" TANGO, AND USED BY NONSTUDENTS TO RESERVE SPACE AT OSU OHIO UNION.
GENUINE ARGENTINE TANGO CONTINUES AT OSU VIA THE STUDENT ORGANIZATION ATCO (ARGENTINE TANGO in COLUMBUS, OHIO), PROVIDING BOTH INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE, YUVAL INSTRUCTING IN THE SPRING SEMESTER 2013. SINCE SUMMER 2013 IT IS LED PURELY BY OSU STUDENTS, MATT AND RAE AND OTHERS.
PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE SHOW EXAMPLES OF HOLLYWOOD "ARGENTINE" TANGO, PRACTICED BY THOSE WHO OCCUPIED THE LABEL TangoOSU IN SPRING 2013. DO NOT CONFUSE THIS LABEL WITH WHAT TangoOSU USED TO BE UNTIL 2012, NOW REPRESENTED ONLY BY ATCO, AND THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES (BUT NO OTHERS):
ATCO: Argentine Tango in Columbus, Ohio, and AsianTango = https://www.facebook.com/groups/494539070588510
http://atcotango.blogspot.com/
http://tangoosu.blogspot.com/
http://atco.osu.edu/
