Exactly I have always said this.
Roger
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Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Vocals and Dancing
I think of the singers voice as another musical instrument and dance it it.
Sent from my
as that Gardel is not
for dancing.
Roger (Tango Adelaide)
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From: tango-l-boun...@mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-boun...@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Lois Donnay
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I wrote this on a DJ forum recen
Gordon Erlebacher wrote:
What is the difference, in your mind, between a practica and a Milonga?
I read recently "In theory, there is no difference between theory and
practice. In practice, there is."
To me, in theory, a milonga should be an event where people DANCE. They do
things (steps/fig
In my earlier post:
"centre across the floor into the ronda. While that /manoeuvre /seems to be"
should read:
Mention has been made of the desirability of not spearing radially from the
centre across the floor into the ronda. While that manoeuvre seems to be
I need an editor. :(
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Jack Dylan said:
< I was also told that one reason why milongueros always dance in the outer
< ronda is because of this 'blindness' on their right side, i.e. they know
< that there are no dancers there to disturb him or his partner.
In theory, that is sound reasoning. In practice, the way some pe
I need some comments, advice, etc, regarding the rotation of class participants
in weekly classes and in particular weekend workshops with visiting
instructors. Rotation encouraged? required?
How is this handled in various locations? or ignored?
Thanks,
roger miller
Michael wrote:
> The reason cabeceo doesn't work well in New York (and other places) is
> milongas are close to pitch black and
Same problem here (Melbourne, Australia) - usually too dark to see clearly.
I had several unsatisfactory ventures into cabeceo on a recent night. I
made successive ap
Hi,
> Independently of what was in the mind of the first milongueros, I believe
> with confidence that to consider the premise: "chasing the opposite sex is
> the main objective in the mind of contemporary milongas attendees either
> here or elsewhere" as valid is 100%questionable and even
Jeffrey Maddox wrote:
>
> Thoughts on entering the floor?
>
Over the years I have made something of a study of floor-entering
techniques. The following seems to be a much favoured, and effective,
approach:
The leader approaches the floor backwards. This avoids any requirement
for eye conta
Tango22 wrote:
> .
>
> In my experience, it is a problem everywhere Sharhrukh. An enjoyable
> evening will quickly turn cold for me when couples are travelling in
> the wrong direction, colliding because they are not looking where
> they are going, kicking other couples, dancing
ke it or not, a leader IS dancing with everyone else on the
floor, to an extent perhaps governed by an inverse square relation to an
individual's proximity. You are dancing 'with' your immediate
neighbours, whose dance is effected by their neighb
ps: Just to put my earlier "codified" comment into perspective, take a
look at: http://linus.it.uts.edu.au/~don/vogue/terr.html
I believe this is just an explanation of the "Tango Terrific" sequence -
not part of the official specification.
(Labanotation is a system for recording choreography -
> I don't think this performance is so bad, it is just not the tango you
> know. Also, this is a group choreography and because it is done by
> 16-21
As I understand it, this is not "group choreography" per se - but a
codified sequence and they are not dancing as a group but competing
again
I said "There are many IT nerds and medical doctors in tango.".
She said "Rubbish".
The debate has degenerated from there.
The aim is to win the argument, of course. Nothing to do with
statistical validity. Bribery is an option.
So - what broadly speaking - is your occupation (in the case
c.roq...@mchsi.com wrote:
>
> if the entering couple notices that the dancers are not aware of them
> then they should yield and carefully enter. It may mean waiting for a
> second or two but it is basically common courtesy and similar to
> entering a busy automobile lane.
> cheers,
> Charles
Noughts wrote:
< I really am tired of this list and have asked to be removed from it
< before... Now I'm asking the entire list publicly like another person
< just recently - please remove me from this list.
< REMOVE ME PLEASE!
-- How to remove oneself --
Wel
Hi,
I'm hosting the survey code - though I am not the survey owner.
Initial URL is http://tangoresearch.webs.com/(public site -
insufficient facilities)
and then transfers to my ISP's server where database and PHP facilities
are available:
http://home.exetel.com.au/bodypaint/_vari
I have to take exception to what Mr. Merchant wrote.
tt's articulate, well-reasoned, and fair. Quite against the spirit of
Tango_L.
I'm going to have to report him to the moderator.
rde
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other dancers. Bumping into someone, somehow, shows
your lack of dancing ability.
Roger Spence
We can't and why should we? Social dancing is for sharing the dance floor
with many other couples and improvising figures to suit the space available.
Show Tango is for dancing a performan
quot;.
I often fail to see this at milongas that I go to. Some people will dance to
every tanda., indiscriminately. I am interested to know if this is noted
elsewhere.
Roger Spence
Tango Adelaide
www.tangoadelaide.org
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g, it is
more enjoyable than any number of "fancy steps" where we aren't connected.
Roger Spence
Tango Adelaide
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Hmm - I see lots of tango-A posts but almost nothing for tango-L. Is it
just deathly quiet or has something gone pear-shaped?
cheers
rde
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Victor Bennetts wrote:
>
>
> I wonder how real people's perceptions of each other can be in this
> situation and to what extent they are influenced by circumstance,
> accident and projected expectations. For instance, compare the way
> people say their dance has changed when they first get back
I'm surprised no one's mentioned this short movie yet. I finally got around to
seeing the live-action shorts nominated for the Academy Awards last night and
this amusing short from Belgium was among the nominees. (It didn't win.)
Synopsis: "A man who must learn to dance the tango in two w
Victor Bennetts wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any clever strategies that they can suggest we use to get
> us to the point where
Join, or organise, a baby-sitting club.
Other parents sit for you. You sit for other parents. Points system ..
doesn't drain the bank. While sitting you get to watch
Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
>
>
> How's this for a solution - ask them to move the
> conversation off of the floor.
>
>
Makes good sense to me. How many times do you think I need to keep
doing that before it gets through to them?
cheers
rde
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Janis Kenyon wrote:
>
>
> Last night at Centro Region Leonesa, I saw talking during
> the entire last tango of the tanda while on the floor.
It's a constant source of amazement to me that dancers, not tourists,
the cleaners, or someone who stumbled into the place by mistake, but
dancers! -
Janis Kenyon wrote:
>
>
> Tangos are three minutes long, and yet conversation between dances continues
> for most of the tango. There are some who continue talking requiring others
> to dance around them. There are some who continue talking while dancing.
> It keeps getting worse and worse i
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>
>
> 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
Astrid wrote:
>
> On the other hand, Randy, for those few men who show up, attracted to ttango
> for all the wrong reasons, a few of the women might stop coming. Have you
> thought about that?
>
I must say I am in agreement with Astrid on this - I can't see anything
very positive in trawli
< -That may be true, but what young men lack in experience we make up
< for in stamina.
< Neil
Well, that should be a big hit with those women who not only want an inferior
dance, but one
that feels like it is never ever going to finish?
rde
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Please send to me vol.18, issue10 and 11. I seem not
to have received these.
Thanks,
r
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add image.
Then double click on the art work left bottom corner, which brings it up
a separate window.
This can be moved to a another screen.
Problem solved.
Oh. and yes I will subscribe to the DJ forum.
Thanks
Roger
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