Pablo Inza: I was very nervous because it was a huge challenge. I went there with a lot of people who knew what I was doing. I did not control the situation.
MTW: Do you find it interesting Piazzolla for dance?
Pablo Inza: The list of dancers who have inspired me and that I admire is very very long.
MTW: Do you frequent the milonga as a participant, or just as a teacher and artist?
Pablo Inza: I am like everyone else. Especially, when I’ m in Buenos Aires, those milongas are irreplaceable. I frequent the milongas when I want to play. What I have noticed is that the dancers always choose the same version of a song for dancing. But, there are many versions.
MTW: What do you think you of this?
Pablo Inza: It is true that there is a sort of short list of songs. I think that when dancers always listen to a same version, with known arrangements, then they can interpret it. But. all of the modes of dance are slowly changing. Today, a DJ does not play exactly the same music that was danced 3, 5, 10 or 15 years ago. There are bands that come and gone overthe past few years. Also, various orchestras become fashionable, and others not.
MTW: Many dancers say they remember the first time that they embraced another dancer. Do you remember that time, as well?
Pablo Inza: O yes, I remember. I remember especially the nerves. It was in that class that I had that was amazing. And, I also remember my first time in a milonga,
Pablo Inza: I love Piazzolla, He wrote many sublime compositions! I had a period when I used to dance to his music, very often in performance. Lately, I dance it with Sofia Saborido. And, I did an opera with Maria Buenos Aires. It was a production that was done in the Opera Company of Oslo, Norway. In the cast were Julia Zenko and Per Arne Glovirgen among others. It was a beautiful experience.
MTW: So, do you see Astor Piazzolla’ s music more appropriate for exhibitions than milongas.
Pablo Inza: It is so with the post-Piazzolla concert music, as well. There are many orchestras and groups which produce a more danceable sound, with marked rhythms, that help the dancer. Then came, electronic tango, with a strong rhythm. This marked an important moment. Many people came to tango because of it. Now it is heard less, But, there are encuentros and milongas where electronic tango is played.
MTW: Do you currently reside in Buenos Aires?
Pablo Inza: This difficult to answer. I’ m actually in Buenos Aires, for the three Summer months. The rest of the year, I’ m out. I’ ll be six months in Europe. Then, we go to the United States and Canada for two months and and then possibly Australia. So, it’ s hard to know where I reside. I sleep most times during the year in France.
MTW: Are there different dance trends in each country and on every continent?
Pablo Inza: Now that there is Youtube, Facebook and the Internet, there is more homogeneity. Everywhere has is a bit of everything. In Asia, it is more the tango dance hall hits of the past. In Europe, there was a boom in the new tango. Everything has become more danceable and the United States surpasses in this. Maybe, Australia will come a little second. But I think everywhere the trend is more or less similar.
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