[Tango-L] Waiting for a dance
Last week at one of the practicas I went to that had for once more or less equal numbers of men/women. One lady who is a reasonable beginner asked me this question in an exasperated voice: What do I have to do to get a dance around here? I was a bit stunned to realize that she was sitting out on that night. Personally I normally only dance 3 songs with a lady at a practica, especially if there are ladies waiting. If I dance longer, I feel the eyes and pressure on me to change partners. ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Waiting for a dance
Is the practica a real practica or a milonga in disguise? If it's a practica, she's free to approach men to practice with her. Trini de Pittsburgh --- On Wed, 2/11/09, Vince Bagusauskas vy...@hotmail.com wrote: From: Vince Bagusauskas vy...@hotmail.com Subject: [Tango-L] Waiting for a dance To: tango-l@mit.edu Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 3:24 PM Last week at one of the practicas I went to that had for once more or less equal numbers of men/women. One lady who is a reasonable beginner asked me this question in an exasperated voice: What do I have to do to get a dance around here? I was a bit stunned to realize that she was sitting out on that night. Personally I normally only dance 3 songs with a lady at a practica, especially if there are ladies waiting. If I dance longer, I feel the eyes and pressure on me to change partners. ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Waiting for a dance
Here in Portland woman ask men to dance all the time, whether at milongas or practicas. J _ Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_022009 ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
Re: [Tango-L] Waiting for a dance
Well, asking for a dance is generally a good way to address that issue I would think. As far as you feeling the pressure, well, it your prerogative to feel whatever you want and act according to your wishes. I dance with the people I want to for as long as we both want to dance together. The only exception to that it would be if I was hired to be a taxi dancer. Assuming I would take such a job that is. What do I have to do to get a dance around here? Personally I normally only dance 3 songs with a lady at a practica, especially if there are ladies waiting. If I dance longer, I feel the eyes and pressure on me to change partners. ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
