i am dancing for about 2 years latin american and international and now starting Tango Argentine
my instructor advises me that if i want to be good in argentine tango better to stick only with that and don't give a lot of attention to other dances !
Argentine tango is a dance for better to stick exclusive in that part !
is it true ?

Not remotely true--- I coached a top flight Male dancer in Standard, who is a very accomplished T / Arg. dancer ( among other dances )

I am a standard dancer who has dabbled in argentine tango (I have friends and relatives who are passionate about it). We have a very active community here in NY, and they are a very fun group. It took some getting used to it, but I did enjoy it. I did find that most argentine tango dancers prefer to stick to that one dance...but I wouldn't say you couldn't try it.

Don't give up your other styles.

I've also been told the same nonsense. It seems that the Argentine Tango crowd really have a bad attitude problem when it comes to dance no matter where in the world one goes. I'd been dancing ballroom, salsa and other styles for quite a while and decided to take a few A-Tango lessons. I must say I was disappointed with the condescending and disparaging attitude of the instructor. She was clueless about ballroom but kept on making these rediculous comparisons between the two styles when she learn't that I also danced ballroom. She seemed more irritated and annoyed than pleased with the speed at which I learnt the dance (technique, music, style, philosophy, etc). I have years and years of partner dance experience in different styles so A-Tango felt quite 'natural', easy in fact, yet she seemed determined to convince me of the superiority and the difficulty of A-Tango over all other partner dance styles; as if I needed to purge myself of all past sins and be reborn again. It reminded be of some religions.

The more styles one learns the more one realizes that all dancing comes from the same place. But one needs to experience all these different things to realize that they are all from the same place inside you. I find that each style can enhance and enrich the other. With each style you will discover another part of yourself and another form of expression. Figuratively and literally, it will become effortless to switch from a big ballroom top to an intimate A-Tango embrace at the drop of a hat.

Rha

Kosmas.Learning two different styles of damcing. You would have heard of Marcus and Karen Hilton. What a lot of peple dont know is that they were British Amateur Latin Champions at Blackpool in 1982 and 83. It wasn't till several years later after they gave Latin away and turned professional they became probably the greatest couple ever in Professional Ballroom Standard. I still have a tape of Markus and Karen competing in the Professional Latin in 1986 in an event won by Donnie Burns. Marcus was placed 3rd. The lesson to be learnt here is at the top there is only room for one style. Socially I do five different styles including the Argentine Tango but I am only serious about one.

that is very dificult to understand and see ! what u say about your instructor is true and have noticed from a lot of argentine tango instructors !
but some of them did not know anything about ballroom dancing and latin dancing american or international !
from the other point i find argentine tango very intresting and nice more than the other dances ! so it would be a good idea to continue all other dances but give more emphasis on some dance u like most !
:)

It can depend on which style of A-T.you are learning.Close embrace style is not as difficult,but relies much more on "feel".The more open styles are much more "chest leads"than typical ballroom dancing.I find that if I go back to doing close partner BR my tango gets quite sloppy.I have no real crossover effect if I do various swing dances or salsa,so I just do those now along with AT.Pattern oriented dances/dancers are a problem because they do more thinking than feeling.Hope this helps._

On the Internet i came across a clip from a nightclub scene from Istanbul Turkey where thay were dancing the Argentine Tango. The music played, it would have been possible to dance a Rumba to. It was very slow 24bpm and interesting. The hold was neither close or open. It was more like from the movie Assasination Tango danced by Robert Duvall, which is what I personally prefer..

There is an ongoing discussion on another site, about this very topic.

Music -- there are 3 divided camps on the subject.

As to style, sounds like you are describing " Salon ", a more modern version-- but not " Nuevo "-- or maybe ?

Terence2.To cut a long story short. On a Monday I go to a Argentine Tango Class. Sometimes after the lesson followed by a practise class, the teacher asks if there are any requests. I carry a few Cd's with me. There is another pupil who I know has lessons on the International Style Rumba. So I asked for a Rumba and suppled The Lady in Red by Chris De Bugh. The others found the music suitable for an Argentine Tango. The floor was packed. Only one couple was doing the Rumba.
My humble opinion on the Argentine Tango is that the music is not usually suitable to sing along with. Try My Heart Goes On, from the Titanic to an Argentine Tango.