Re: [Tango-L] chatting during the cortinas

[Niki Papapetrou]

so true. I remember a personal experience here in melbounre. one of the
local dancers (male) who used to not waste a single
second of the music, had just come back from BsAs. we started the tanda and
at the end of the first song we let go and i mentioned somethin along the
lines of' its good to have you back in Melb'. As the music started up
again, i leaned forward. 'No, no', he said , as he pulled back , 'in BsAs
they dont start dancing straight away, they chat for a while...'. I
humoured him and we resumed dancig when he deemed it appropriate :) . I do
still dance with this person occasionally, but i havent been able to take
him seriously as a person or as a dancer ever since this incident.

On 26 May 2012 08:53, Huck Kennedy  wrote:

> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Tango 22  wrote:
> > Sergio comments
> > > The conversation we are discussing is very brief, a few seconds,
> > > the duration depends on when the couple in front of you starts
> > > moving, it does (it should) not disrupt the ronda at all.
> >
> > This is why one wonders if this pleasant custom has become a boorish
> affectation,
>
>   Alas, here in the US, I fear you are right.  Often at festivals
> I'll see a couple rudely continuing to obliviously chat away two
> minutes into the song, and if you dare to challenge their rudeness by
> either saying something or passing them, they give you this
> condescending look that says, "Did you just start dancing yesterday
> (as opposed to our a year ago, we're seasoned veterans!)?  Haven't you
> ever been to Buenos Aires, we read somewhere that you are *supposed*
> to recite your entire life history or decide the next presidential
> election or discuss all the movies you've seen in the previous six
> months before resuming the dance, or you're not a real tanguero."
>
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Re: [Tango-L] Tango in Sydney?

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hi Sara,
have a look at   http://sydneytango.com.au/WebModules/Calendar/Calendar.aspx
for what's on in Sydney. Let me know if you come down to Melbourne though,
and i will happily look after you



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Re: [Tango-L] "how can one attract more male dancers on the dancefloor?"

[Niki Papapetrou]

Vince,
'come learn tango in order to have a womans breasts against your chest''
i dont think many women in the community would be happy with that marketing
approach
:)
On 30 January 2011 00:29, Vince Bagusauskas  wrote:

> I have heard this question for 10 years now off and on.
>
> You may consider this thread:
>
> http://tango.romanvirdi.com/there-is-no-tango.htm
>
>
> What about marketing tango to the male demographic as a dance where you can
> dance in close embrace?
>
>
> Vince
> In Melbourne
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Olivier Normandin
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:46 PM
> To: tango-l@mit.edu
> Subject: [Tango-L] "how can one attract more male dancers on the
> dancefloor?"
>
> Bonjour,
>
> I would like to talk about a subject that might be relevant to any
> Dancing community in general, any Tango community in particular: "how
> can one attract more male dancers on the dance floor?"
> Does anyone have any idea?
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Re: [Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviors and protocols

[Niki Papapetrou]

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Roger Patrick wrote:

>   Hi,
>
>
>   If someone acts inappropriately on or off the dance-floor according
> to the opinion of a dancer, she/he has reason to choose not to dance
> with the person anymore. No-one claims everyone should have a "right"
> to get dances, and people shall be free to decide with whom they want
> to dance with.


--
 If someone acts inappropriately on or off the dance-floor according to the
opinion of a dancer, she/he has reason to choose not to dance with the
person anymore. No-one claims everyone should have a "right" to get dances,
and people shall be free to decide with whom they want to dance with.
-

this bit struck a chord. A female friend retold me a story recently: she was
talking to a man who was apparently showing a fair bit of arrogance about
his ability to get dances. her response to him was 'as a female, it's best
not to put a man offside'
which brings home the point of supply and demand, and the gender imbalance
in tango.  Women will put up with a fair bit in order to get a dance,
whether that be arrogance or mediocrity or sleaze...(and this is something
that I have witnessed both in Australia and in BsAs)


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Re: [Tango-L] Abusing the available space

[Niki Papapetrou]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Alexis Cousein  wrote:

>
> Perhaps in your neck of the woods you can see a correlation
> and people use nuevo as a sorry excuse (i.e. claim "freeedom"
> to stand on their rights by sitting on those of others)
> but I don't think you see the same thing at, say Practica X.
>
>
>
i witnessed a woman being hit in the chest by a stray boleo  in Prac X




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Re: [Tango-L] No Nuevo (as a style) - according to the Naveiras

[Niki Papapetrou]

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:00 AM, burak ozkosem  wrote:

>
> There are no alternative milongas or nights that you can hear
> electronic tango or alternative music more than 50% of the whole
> playlist.
>


> There is no venue in Buenos Aires where you can hear a lot of
> non-Tango music for dancing purposes.
>
> Actually, there is one venue that fits this description. Milonga Otros
Buenos aires (http://www.moba.thetangosite.com/blog/?p=543) was set up with
that specific goal in mind

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Re: [Tango-L] La Viruta (WAS Tango Styles II)

[Niki Papapetrou]

I wouild have to agree with Shahrukh. I must admit,  during the year that I
spent in BsAs, i only went to Viruta 3-4 times. I never even considered it a
milonga, i always used to refer to it a s a night club - a pick up joint
that happens to play tango music.
abrazos

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Shahrukh Merchant <
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> ECSEDY ?ron  says:
>
> > I see there is still this misconcept about nuevo being irregular, using
> > large moves and causing greef to regular dancers. Well that is a
> > misconcept fueled by ignorance. Just check out La Viruta any time
> > outside the general 'tourist period' and you'll see that while most of
> > the people are nuevo dancers, they are pretty much able to navigate
> > without problems, collisions in a lot denser crowd than anywhere else on
> > the planet.
>
> La Viruta??!!! Surely you jest. If you want to dispel the myth that
> Argentines have this magic "Tango navigation gene" as some (not recent)
> posts have suggested, La Viruta is the place to do it: the worst
> possible navigators on the planet. Oh, but just for the record, not
> because they are doing "nuevo" per se (even though they are mostly young
> dancers, largely Argentine) but because they are mostly beginners
> dancing the trademark La Viruta style of looking down at their feet
> instead of where they are going. In fact I would sometimes mutter,
> "Viruteros" when such a couple (at a different milonga) would bump into
> me (or into my protectively outstretched arm) after the man took 2 back
> steps in a row against line of dance without looking. And I'd generally
> get a knowing nod and smile from my partner.
>
> I stopped going to La Viruta in large part because of this
> "bump-a-tanguero" phenomenon (the dancers there are good natured, I will
> say, so couples who bump into each other smile rather than glare at each
> other), so I don't have recent experience: perhaps all the good
> navigators were merely waiting for me to leave before they started going
> there? :-)
>
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Re: [Tango-L] Nuevo Milonguero

[Niki Papapetrou]

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Tango Society of Central Illinois <
tango.soci...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yahoo has been holding 'rontango' hostage all day due to spam
> suspicion, so I'm posting a reply from another account
>
> --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Sorin Varzaru  wrote:
>
> > Huh, I must've been to another BsAs
> > in June and July. And maybe you
> > should tell Tete that the way he dances is all wrong. I've
> > seen him
> > leading off axis moves, and reverse roles with a number of
> > women. I
> > actually have a picture of that.
>
> I'm assuming this was a demo. I've seen Tete dance in several milongas
> in both Buenos Aires and the US, and I didn't see him switch roles or
> lead off axis movements.
>
>
Sorin ,
I think I know what you are talking about, as I have seen (and have been the
recipient of) it a number of times while in BsAs. I have never seen Tete
changing roles within the dance.
What Tete *will *occasionally do (and what I suspect you were witnessing) is
change the arm positions. With him, everything comes from the chest -
*his*chest. The position of his arms is irrelevant - he can have his
right arm or
his left across the lady's back - it doesn't matter, as it in no way affects
the lead.

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Re: [Tango-L] Tango Teacher & DJ Reviews :: New Blog

[Niki Papapetrou]

hola alex,
sounds like it will be a great resource, as long as people respect the ethos
in which it was created, which is one of sharing direct knowledge and
experiences (i think XYZ is great/terrible as an instructor because...).

another point that i think will be important for users to remember is that
even though there are lots of good teachers out there, we, as individuals,
will not necessarily 'click' with every one of them. For example, while in
BsAs, my partner preferred instructors with a 'softly-softly' approach,
whereas i seemed to learn better with the 'don't do it that way, do it this
way instead' instructors.  :)

suerte

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Alex Long  wrote:

> After reading the thread on teacher feedback, I thought about a blog as a
> simple solution.
>
> I've created a quick and dirty blog so people can leave anonymous comments
> and feedback on teachers and DJ's.
>
> I've got a pretty good start, but a long way to go, so please bear with me.
> There is a post where you can leave teacher names (cities and websites,
> too)
> that I've missed. I'll add them as quickly as I am able.
>
> Anyway, here it is...and thanks in advance for putting the word out...add
> links to your blogs and/or websites...maybe this will be a worthwhile
> effort. Let me know if someone has already done this - I didn't even check
> with Google to see if there is already something out there.
>
> http://tangoteacherreviews.blogspot.com/
>
> Here's my other blog, but you have to dig kinda deep to find anything about
> tango anymore...
>
> http://alextangofuego.blogspot.com/
>
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Re: [Tango-L] Fw: Line of Dance in BA

[Niki Papapetrou]

hola
the rules are printed in spanish, italian, mandarin, french, japanese,
english, and greek, and are posted at the entrance (ticket booth) before you
actually enter the dance space. Hector will only read them out during the
milonga if he feels there is need to (needless to say, they get read out a
bit more often during festival seasons :) - CITA, PTW et al). He or
Carlos(the DJ) will read them out in Spanish, before passing on the mike to
someone else to read them out in other languages

Hector is very 'present' during the milonga. He watches everything

I remember my partner telling me about one particular incident: Hector was a
bit anxious throughout the night. At one point, he sat next to my partner,
who asked him if everything was OK. In typical argenitne drama fashion,
Hector told him that 'no, everything was not ok - there's a couple over
there (pointing to the centre of the dance floor) causing a 'quilombo'.'
Sure enough, there was a couple in the middle of the dancefloor, criss
crossing the floor, doing boleos, and essentially taking up the space that
would otherwise have satisfied 4-5 couples.  As soon as that tanda ended,
the rules were read out - in Spanish, english, italian and japanese


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Re: [Tango-L] Where in BsAs do the nuevos hang out?

[Niki Papapetrou]

 adding to that list :
practika 8 (ocho)
practica Rara

also there is a new milonga (opening night is 20th April) called Otros
Buenos Aires, where the organiser indents to play mostly non tango music,
with a bit of Piazzolla and electrotango mixed in for good measure. I will
be intesested in seeing what type of crowd it wil attract

Besos from Beautiful BsAs

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>
> > From: "larry...@juno.com" 
> >
> > Maybe those of you who have a lot of experience in the Buenos Aires
> > tango scene can tell us - where do "tango nuevo" dancers usually go
> > to dance?
> >
>
> Practica X, Tango Cool, El Motivo and La Viruta.
>
> Larry, enjoy yourself. I hope you're fast on your feet to take the
> necessary evasive actions but, just in case, make sure your health
> insurance is up to date :-)
>
> Jack
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Tango-L] The New Wave is coming! (Ola Nueva)

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hola Mario,
I have seen this couple in BsAs on numerous occasions during their 1+month
stay here. I have to say that they blended in just as well at El Beso or
Cachirulo as they did in Practica X, dancing with connection, musicality,
consideration of the people they were sharing the dancefloor with . If
anything, the forementioned aspects were what made them stand out at  venues
such as practica x , where the norm is lack of musicality, and people so
focused on their own 'triplesacadawithaavolcadaleadingintoaboleo' that they
barely notice that they have crashed into 5 couples in the process.

abrazos

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[Tango-L] Tango in Santiago, Chile

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hola,

Does anyone have recommendations for tango in Santiago (i am planning a 2
week trip out of BsAs for, and am afraid of going through tango withdrawal
symptoms)?

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Re: [Tango-L] Labor Day Festival: a complaint

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hi Nancy,
We have been in Buenos Aires (where it is not acceptable for women to
request a dance) since late May, and we have just returned from
spending 10 days in Uruguay, where we did a bit of dancing in
Montevideo, The tango scene there is definitely more relaxed, with
none of the pomp and ceremony of BsAs milongas. In Montevido,
invitation to dance is effected by cabaceo or verbally, both from men
and from women. The invitations (the verbal ones) were not pushy or
demanding, and both acceptance or rejection was delivered in a
friendly manner (think of a party where someone holding a tray of
finger food comes over and offers some to you - either smile and say
´yes , thanks´ or smile and say ´no, thank you´ - neither person was
left feeling pressured or regected, either way). My partner found it
quite refreshing, actually.

now we are back in Bs As for another 3 months of pomp and ceremony :)

Back in our home city in Australia, where some women do ask for
dances, my parnter does occasionally get frustrated with women either
demanding dances, or making comments like ´you haven´t danced with me
the past ... milongas´(like being given a friendly reminder from the
phone company that you bill is overdue), or giving him the puppy dog
eyes, begging look. He has a hard time rejecting these demands (he is
simply a big pot of honey). Sometimes he would come home from a
milonga feeling that he´d come back from a hard day´s work, rather
than back from a pleasant night of dancing. I often tell him that he
needs to toughen up, and If anyone should demand dances from him, it
should be me, right? I do realise that, in a community where everyone
knows everyone else,  it is harder to avoid offending someone by
saying ´no´. Maybe saying ´later´ might be a better option for him and
other men faced with  a similar situation.

 In Australia, there has been many a time when having caught each
other´s eye, the man is about to get up from his seat, when, out of
nowhere, another woman grabs him and pulls him onto the dance floor.
Aaaarrrggghh!
 When in  Australia what I occasionally do is , while chatting to a
friend, just when I am about to move on (end the conversation) I´ll
say something along the lines of ´I´d love to have a dance later on´,
smile and then walk away/back to my seat/get myself a drink etc. This
way, the man (regardless of friendship) doesn´t feel pressured to
dance with me on the spot - or at all, for that matter.  It´s not a
demand. It´s not begging. What it does do, however, is to  give him
the opportunity to ask me if or when he is ready/the music is right
etc. Moreover, it is a way of letting him know that i do like dancing
with him (something we all like to be reminded of, every now and then,
regardless of gender).

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Re: [Tango-L] Nuevo lead and follow and repressed teaching

[Niki Papapetrou]

exactly

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:15 PM, Astrid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The idea is to find an instructor who is able to teach you what you need to
> know. Tango is not really about where you put your legs, the lead comes
> first, the legs follow that.
>
>
> Niki Papapetrou wrote:
>
>> from my own personal experience, I stopped taking classes in my home town
>> because the classes were all about STEPS ('put your left leg here, and then
>> your right leg there...' ) I could just as easily practice technique in  a
>> milonga or in my own living room, without the 'pleasure ' of being
>> manhandled by some guy who was simply trying to get his feet in the right
>> spot, without it even crossing his, or the instructor's, mind that he
>> actually needed to learn how to  LEAD.
>>
>
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Re: [Tango-L] Nuevo lead and follow and repressed teaching

[Niki Papapetrou]

from my own personal experience, I stopped taking classes in my home town
because the classes were all about STEPS ('put your left leg here, and then
your right leg there...' ) I could just as easily practice technique in  a
milonga or in my own living room, without the 'pleasure ' of being
manhandled by some guy who was simply trying to get his feet in the right
spot, without it even crossing his, or the instructor's, mind that he
actually needed to learn how to  LEAD.

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Astrid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Jack Dylan wrote:
> If a man is really interested in tango, he's going to dance with women
> who are
> > interested enough to take some classes and are actually learning how to
> dance
> > properly and are not just stumbling around while hanging on to a man's
> neck.
> > But, like I say, maybe I'm just too cynical and I might be completely
> wrong - but
> > I don't think so :)
> I don't think, you are wrong, Jack, I wish you were...
> Reminds me: couple of weeks ago I went to a milonga I do not usually
> attend, and there were some middle aged men I know from other places but
> don't dance with much and they had a young woman at their table... she
> was dressed in a light blue ballroom gown and did not have a clue about
> tango, and they were both fussing over her, taking turns in taking her
> out on the dance floor where she kept wobbling in her shoes and
> stumbling over her own feet, with her toes turned inward  and losing her
> balance at every other step as she did not know how to follow nor seemed
> to know a single tango step.
> I kept wondering what a big ego boost this must be for those guys, who
> probably looked like God's gift to dance to a woman like that, and they
> got their hands on her too...
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Re: [Tango-L] Tango Caricature

[Niki Papapetrou]

Just an aside:
Capussi/Flores are the only couple in your list that dances (socially) in
exactly the same way as they perform on stage (minus the costumes and
make-up).


Jack answers:


2 - Capussi Flores are from the theatrical school, they are hilarious, very
funny, are they a caricature of tango? maybe
Capussi Flores   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV6Fgptthy4
.

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Re: [Tango-L] Tango Commute

[Niki Papapetrou]

The number of people involved, perhaps?

mob  (mb)*n.**1. * A large disorderly crowd or throng. See Synonyms at
crowd
1.
*2. * The mass of common people; the populace.
*3. * *Informal* *a. * An organized gang of criminals; a crime syndicate.
*b. * often *Mob* Organized crime. Often used with *the:* a murder suspect
with links to the Mob.
*4. * An indiscriminate or loosely associated group of persons or things: a
mob of boats in the harbor.
*5. * *Australian* A flock or herd of animals.

:)

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:38 PM, NANCY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Is this our own ChrisUK?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPFUnCUG8-0
>
> Please explain how this differs ( if it does) from a flashmob.  Other than
> not having audible music..
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy
>
>
>
>
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Re: [Tango-L] lyrics translation

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hi Ira,

This is my favourite vals, and the fact that hardly any Australian DJ's that
I've encountered play it (I've been dancing for around 6 years, yet I've
only heard it 3 times) makes it even more special.  The last time  I heard
it was in early July, last year.  My partner put on a surprise 30th birthday
milonga for me, and got the band thet he had hired for the night to learn
and play it for the occasion (he is still earning brownie points for that).

Anyway, back to your request,
you can find a translation on Jake Spatz' website, at:
http://tangodc.com/lyrics/doscorazones.htm


2008/6/6 Ira Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Hi, all--
>
>  I understand enough spanish to get the gist of these lyrics (beautiful!).
> Would someone please assist with a good translation?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ira
> Ithaca, NY
>
>
> Dos corazones
> Waltz
> Music: Francisco Canaro
> Lyric: Ivo Pelay
>
>
> Cual dos gotas de claro rocío
> que en la noche se besan calladas,
> Cual dos ondas que van impulsadas
> a fundirse en la orilla del río.
> Como el fuego que envuelve el estío,
> como nube que abraza otra nube,
> así son tu cariño y el mío
> que se funden en un solo ideal.
>
> Con tu corazón en mi corazón
> el lucero azul brillará mejor.
> Con tu corazón en mi corazón
> todo en el jardín hablará de amor.
> Notas cristalinas llenarán tu oído
> y una luz divina nos envolverá.
> Fijaré mis ojos, en tus negros ojos,
> uniré mis labios, a tus labios rojos.
> Y mi inspiración volará al seguir,
> con tu corazón, en mi corazón.
>
> Cual sonoras campanas que funden
> sus repiques en una armonía.
> Como rayos de sol que confunden
> su fulgor con la gloria del día.
> Como un son que se liga a otros sones,
> como sombra que besa otra sombra,
> así son nuestros dos corazones
> que se funden en un solo ideal.
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Re: [Tango-L] Tango and Management Skills

[Niki Papapetrou]

I think I've seen something similar on youtube. Someone dong a presentation
on business/negotiation skills, using tango as a metaphore (making  initial
contact, getting  a feel of where the other person is, establishing trust,
making and answering to requests, possible disagreements along the way,
finding a common ground etc. etc. ). I'll post the link if I come across it
over the next day or two.

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Paul Shrivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Larry, Thanks for sharing LA Tango websites.  I will be in Anaheim (Aug
> 10 Monday) presenting at a conference of the Academy of Management.  My
> symposium focuses on using Tango to teach Management skills of
> leadership, communication, teamwork, risk taking etc.  The audience is
> Management professors from around the country and abroad.  The
> conference has 10,000 attendees but our session will be for about 150
> people.  So I have about 5 couples simulating a mini Milonga doing three
> dances.  And then we discus how Tango embodies these management concepts
> and can be used for learning them.
> After the presentation we will offer a beginner lesson, and then take
> interested people to a local Milonga.  So I will recommend your web
> sites to them.
>
> It is possible we may need a lead for one of our followers.  Would you
> or someone in LA be interested?  This is a volunteer effort to take
> Tango into a new venue.
>
> Paul Shrivastava, Ph.D.
> Tel 610-737-7333
> www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/shrivast
>
>
>
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Re: [Tango-L] Eduardo Perez y Gabriela Elias

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hi Rick,
My partner and I are heading over to Buenos Aires in a few weeks.We'll be
there for a year , and I'm looking forward to a year of total immersion in
tango (and spanish). I'd be very interested in reading your articles on
instructors. Would you be able to forward them on, either in tango-l or
privately.

thenks.

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:32 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> I wrote a number of articles about instructors in BsAs.  One of them is
> about Gabriela.  I'll see if I can find it in my archives and I'll post it
> here.
>
>
> Abrazos,
>
> Rick
>
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[Tango-L] Tango World Cup...

[Niki Papapetrou]

for anyone who may not be quite sated by a championship...  :)

http://www.istanbuldance2008.com/argentinatangorules.htm

(This was forwarded to me by the Cyprus tango community)
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Re: [Tango-L] tall men in close embrace

[Niki Papapetrou]

I had a similar discussion with a (tall) friend with whom I used to dance
quite regularly. I remember him saying that when he danced with followers
much shorter than him, he made a conscious effort, not to adjust his own
height, but to 'lead from the diaphragm' rather than from the chest.

On Mar 10, 2008, at 10:34 AM, jackie ling wong wrote:
>
> > i have two very tall guys...  like alex krebs... in my beginner close
> > embrace class.  i have tried everything and still they come very close
> > to stepping on their partner's feet.  i can dance with them because i
> > really extend but others have problems.  they are beginners so i
> > understand the problems with leaning extension, intention etc at that
> > level.  i also explain that you have to find the connection with every
> > partner you dance with because size, height, embrace is different with
> > each person.
> >
> > but...  does anyone have any special advice that they find resonates
> > with the "giants"?  are there any differences?  in emphasis?
>
>


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[Tango-L] tango in Canada (Vancouver)

[Niki Papapetrou]

Hi all,
My partner will be heading off to Vancouver  for work (and a bit of play)
from 27th January  till 8th Feb. any suggestions on  the what/where/when of
the local tango scene would be greatly appreciated.

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