Re: [Tango-L] Navigation (was: Using the social dance as THE model)

2011-01-15 Thread Michael
At a traditional BA milonga, like Lo de Celia, the single men and women are segregated on either side of the floor and use cabeceo to ask for and accept a dance. The ONLY time two partners can talk is when the music starts to play. I noticed that about 60% of the couples are moving within 30

[Tango-L] Social vs Anti-Social Tango. Was Navigation

2011-01-15 Thread Brick Robbins
A lot has been said about Stage Tango en la salon vs Social Tango, and there is a lot of not-so-civil discourse about the shape of the embrace and what constitutes authentic Argentine tango, which in reality, depends on which era and which barrio you are using as a standard. In my way of looking