Re: [Tango-L] Tango in the Spring - festival report

2008-10-09 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 10/8/08, Myk Dowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To be honest, if it was just social dancing, I'd > be less likely to attend. > > Can I ask why? The price of gas has made traveling a lot less attractive, so we don't even go to DC anymore just to dance socially, either. But if

Re: [Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-09 Thread Michael
Lois: How do you market the class? Remind people that there wasn't any Arturo Murray dance studio in Buenos Aires to teach tango. Men taught men. When men started to learn, they started as followers and the more experienced men would practice new figures with the new men. Tell women not to mov

[Tango-L] Tango in Second Life

2008-10-09 Thread Joe Grohens
I discovered yesterday that Second Life, the virtual role-playing environment, has a location for tango: Arrabal Tango Club. I am not very familiar with Second Life, myself. I have an avatar, but I have yet to spend much time exploring this game. The Arrabal Tango Club is nicely designed. Whe

Re: [Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-09 Thread Lois Donnay
I am such a big advocate of leaders learning to follow!! But how do you get men to understand this? I have a class on following attended by some leaders who are really committed to their dancing, and they are beginning to follow very well and it is showing up in their leading. But it is not