Re: [Tango-L] floor craft -2

2010-10-06 Thread Jack Dylan
- Original Message > From: Mario > >It is not  permitted to overtake another couple on the inside. >  > Interesting! I was told the opposite - that when overtaking is absolutely necessary [for reasons already given], you should overtake on the inside but never on the outside. The re

Re: [Tango-L] floor craft -2

2010-10-06 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Wed, 10/6/10, Mario wrote: However, it can  > happen that the slow couple’s leader is insensitive to > the situation and  does not make way for those behind. What is the leader of > the couple  behind to do, as he cannot touch him or tell him vocally to move > out of  the way? Javier

Re: [Tango-L] Respect

2010-10-06 Thread Huck Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Nussbaum, Martin wrote: > > The problem isnt the > style, there has been stage tango around for a long time, but in the > past people knew the difference between stage and socail dancing and > were more respectful of the rhonda, now so many want to do stage tango >

Re: [Tango-L] Respect

2010-10-06 Thread Tony Rathburn
i do know Gustavo... and have danced with him in social milongas on many occasions... and with his son, Frederico... given the opportunity to join any ronda they attended, my preferred position would be between the two of them... i'd suggest that martin's appraisal is likely correct... please c

Re: [Tango-L] Respect

2010-10-06 Thread HBBOOGIE1
a...@sgi asked the question…. “Ah? Styles exist to *specifically* disrupt the line of dance? In other words, they specifically mandate you should disrupt the line of dance? If you think it applies to any style that has received a label, I'd like to see documentary evidence of that stated ai

[Tango-L] floor craft -2

2010-10-06 Thread Mario
If one enters the dance floor with assurance and poise, you will not collide or attract collisions. Part of this attitude is one’s confident stance and correct embrace. It acts as an energy field and as a protective defence mechanism, the man’s well-placed elbows also providing a strong ph

[Tango-L] floor craft -1

2010-10-06 Thread Mario
a post fromSydney tango forum: During the Milonga III class of the STS festival on Sunday, Javier Rodriguez, being obviously critical of Sydney (or maybe Australian) general floor craft & salon tango etiquette gave all present a serious dressing down, illustrated with his typically humoro

[Tango-L] Respect

2010-10-06 Thread Nussbaum, Martin
Hbboogie sets up a phoney boogeyman in Gustavo by using a truncated clip excerpted from a performance, not a socail dance setting. That whole kung fu tanda link is either a satire or an outright lie and is pure bee es. If you notice, the couples there are dancing on a raised stage. I have danced

Re: [Tango-L] Line of dance and respect

2010-10-06 Thread HBBOOGIE1
Dancing around a couple creates another problem - entering into the space of the dancers the next lane inward (assuming there is another lance) or into the Brownian motion in center of the floor. This is also a navigation hazard. The more appropriate thing to do is to become creative with