Ha, Shahrukh,
brilliant posting. And of your best ever in your function as moderator of the
list! Congrats!
Here's a little link I received this morning which hopefully makes you all
chear up again (on tango matters!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=6QaSJAbc2mg
Enjoy!
Christian
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I think the dark milongas comes from ballroom where ambiance is so
important. I don't like dark ballrooms nor milongas. I used cabeceo a lot
the first year I went to the Atlanta tango festival. It didn't work because
it was too dark so I didn't dance a lot. The following year the organizers
had
Yes, but in ballroom the woman doesn't have to hug up to a stranger in
an intimate fashion, heart-to-heart, cheek-to-cheek. She usually stands
apart and looks away from him.
(It didn't take me long to quit ballroom after I found Tango.)
Steve
Jack Dylan wrote:
> This might come as a surprise t
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Jack Dylan wrote:
> This might come as a surprise to many but not everyone in enamored
> with the cabeceo. My partner danced Ballroom for many years, where
> the tradition is that the man comes to her table and politely asks her
> for the pleasure of the next dance
oh my god, get over this:? i have never seen so many postings about such an
insignificant mattermove on, get a lifesay something important. sherrie
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Klaus Radek wrote:
> shocked a little even, to see how unrespectful people were to Damian
> (Nougts) - even to making him leave here!. I can tell you he is a
... rest of much-discussed post deleted.
"Michael" wrote:
> The moderator should the originator and "his sister" off the list.
(I assume
cabeceo was also designed to help the ladies as well as the men.
I hate having to turn down dancers I don't want to dance with when they
come to my table to ask me to dance, because no, I don't dance with
everyone that asks.
as for the practices in ballroom...COMPLETELY different set of
circumst
Excellent question Ilene! And why don't they segregate the men and women
so you can look across at them in the eye?
When I first got started in this dance I read up on all the customs and
my Argentinian instructor talked about the codes in B.A., but nobody
here was doing them. I remember trying to
This might come as a surprise to many but not everyone in enamored
with the cabeceo. My partner danced Ballroom for many years, where
the tradition is that the man comes to her table and politely asks her
for the pleasure of the next dance. And, if he has a little charming chat,
then so much th
As I do not know that teaching-while-social-dancing-person and I do not risk to
bump in I did not care to even remember the name!
but the fact of teaching *during* a milonga is disturbing!!! esp. if a teacher
does it!
Therefore not too much insulting to mee.
Interesting enough to observe ju
I don't see how slandering someone and straight out telling lies could be seen
as a joke. In my opinion, it's an insult to the purpose of this list. So far,
there has not been a retraction or explanation by Klaus or no apology to Damian
that we know of. Klaus' post was not funny. It was irre
I agree re: many milongas in US being too dark.
You can't do cabeceo and you can't see the details of the dance.
The tradition of tango carries with it the notion that you learn by watching
the dancers at the milonga.
I don't think that is outdated or "old school" in any way...it helps us all
Larry said:
Sometimes when I see someone "teaching" I'll ask the lady to dance with me by
saying "If I promise not to
teach you anything will you dance with me?" Usually I get a smile in return
and a Yes!
But (very) occasionally I get a puzzled frown and the response "I liked it."
Whic
Astrid:
I thnk you're missing an important point. Klaus named a dancer by
name, Damian (Noughts), and described his dancing. That didn't sound
like a joke to me.
Michael
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 8:01 PM, Astrid wrote:
> I fin this long discussion of all these American dancers agreeing that
> Ther
A 'discussion' implies people offering different views. So far everyone
has agreed that teaching in a milonga is a big no-no. So, where's the
discussion, other than confirming what we all already know.
I really don't understand why Klaus wasted his time in writing such
a silly post and wasted o
Is the etiquette of what to do at a milonga adhered to by even experienced
dancers.
Fortunately when I joined my old tango club, they handed out a flyer
(maybe it is now on the web?) of what to do. But do schools/teachers do this
or refer their students to a source, before they venture into th
> Not only women easily accepted it? I believed it as well.
True: some followers also think they need to 'educate' the leaders.
I remember one follower doing this to me some years ago ('offering' me her
comments and teaching in a too offensive way) ... allthough she regulary looks
at me at the
Noughts wrote:
> I most certainly do NOT offer feedback or advice whilst social dancing
> except compliments or in rare extreme circumstances. Klaus is joking.
Having shared a dance floor with Damian before, I will confirm that he
does not behave in the manner described in Klaus' message. I've
David Thorn wrote:
> A "non-arm" pickup can be executed by my matching her turn rate and
> stepping directly in with an on-body pickup. Yes, my arms encircle her
> at the same time, but the required arm pressure is no more than is found
> in many an orco cortado executed with energy (Susanna
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