Re: [Tango-L] Gender Imbalance/Advertising for men

2008-01-06 Thread Astrid
yes, Roger is right, tehre are much simpler ways to pick up women than to learn tango, if a man just wants to do that. It is the computer analysts and so on who yearn for a human embrace after work, not the motorbike driving machos who would probably meet girls in the pub down the road over a

Re: [Tango-L] Gender imbalance, tips for female followers

2008-01-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I don't spend my time looking only for women who are great dancers; ... I dance with women I like. I like the way they dance, the way they behave, the way they treat people; I like their personality. I just like them as people, so I want to dance with them.

Re: [Tango-L] Gender Imbalance/Advertising for men

2008-01-06 Thread rockies
-- Original message -- From: Astrid [EMAIL PROTECTED] yes, Roger is right, tehre are much simpler ways to pick up women than to learn tango, if a man just wants to do that. It is the computer analysts and so on who yearn for a human embrace after work, not

[Tango-L] Dance for success?

2008-01-06 Thread Janis Kenyon
Tom Stermitz wrote: Yes, the important thing for the guys is that they feel successful. Like they have achieved mastery of something, and have the knowledge and confidence to lead a beautiful woman into a dance. In tango nothing happens without the guy coming up with an idea and then executing.

Re: [Tango-L] Gender Imbalance/Advertising for men

2008-01-06 Thread Roger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, in defense of motoryclists, a large percentage are also IT people. I happen to be both, and a dancer. Smiling ,, me too. Just retired from too many decades as a computer-nerd, and now busy restoring my Norton, which has been put off for too many decades.

Re: [Tango-L] Dance for success?

2008-01-06 Thread Nina Pesochinsky
The first thing that most Argentine men ask the woman after the first dance is if she feels comfortable. In 12 years, I only heard that from one non-Argentine man. Perhaps, there is a different definition of what success is and it may vary from culture to culture. Best regards to

Re: [Tango-L] Gender Imbalance/Advertising for men

2008-01-06 Thread Ecsedy Áron
Interesting. Although motorcycle-gangs never been present in Hungary (probably because motorbikes necessary to have the prestige were and are quite expensive, so the majority biker is an intellectual or at least has his own business) there are a bunch of bike lovers among milongueros (actually

Re: [Tango-L] tango schizophrenia

2008-01-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- Nussbaum, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am severely afflicted with split personality. I want to dance Disarli like Gustavo, Darienzo like Chicho, Piazzola and alternative music like Sebastian, Pugliese like Osvaldo, Vals like Julio, and Milonga like Javier. Help!! Is anyone ever

Re: [Tango-L] tango schizophrenia

2008-01-06 Thread Victor Bennetts
MartinHow does one move past mimicking influential icons and into the realm of developing a unique personal style in tango, 'Style' is a much misused word just like 'milonguero', so this is a discussion fraught with danger. They are both tainted with their use as marketing terms and at the

Re: [Tango-L] tango schizophrenia

2008-01-06 Thread Tango For Her
MartinHow does one move past mimicking influential icons and into the realm of developing a unique personal style in tango, I believe the question was: How do you create your own style? I had my various private lessons and I studied from videos. But, what really shaped me was 3 different sets

Re: [Tango-L] tango schizophrenia

2008-01-06 Thread Victor Bennetts
That is really good advice TFH, but those things are all about dancing well, not about developing your own particular style (whatever that might mean). If you are aspiring to develop an individual style, I think it is assumed you can already dance tango confidently. Victor Bennetts MartinHow