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

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

2010-10-05 Thread RonTango
- Original Message > From: "hbboog...@aol.com" > …. Any dancer can slow up or stop the line of dance regardless > of what style he’s dancing however some styles are danced to specifically > disrupt the line of dance. As a social dancer I try to always respect the > line of danc

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

2010-10-05 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Hola listeros, It strikes me that there is too much b**ching about what others do on the ronda, as if someone actually has some control over what someone else does. All one can do is try to control oneself. You can't control someone else. You can hope that teachers can guide their students.

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

2010-10-05 Thread Alexis Cousein
On 05/10/2010 20:08, hbboog...@aol.com wrote: > Now do you believe it? > As I said, no. You need to have religious faith in order to think that the site convincingly "demonstrates" a tango style was born with the sole purpose to destroy the ronda. Incidentally, the site is *good*, but errs in thin

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

2010-10-05 Thread Alexis Cousein
On 05/10/2010 19:58, hbboog...@aol.com wrote: > > Welcome to Kung Fu Tango. This is the person that started the whole Nuevo > craze and then years later apologized for it. Here is step by step > instruction on how to dominate and disrupt the traditional floor. > Now you might understand why real

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

2010-10-05 Thread HBBOOGIE1
Now do you believe it? In a message dated 10/5/2010 10:58:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, hbboog...@aol.com writes: Welcome to Kung Fu Tango. This is the person that started the whole Nuevo craze and then years later apologized for it. Here is step by step instruction on how to dominate a

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

2010-10-05 Thread HBBOOGIE1
Welcome to Kung Fu Tango. This is the person that started the whole Nuevo craze and then years later apologized for it. Here is step by step instruction on how to dominate and disrupt the traditional floor. Now you might understand why real tango dancers tend to get a little upset and frus

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

2010-10-05 Thread Alexis Cousein
On 05/10/2010 18:27, hbboog...@aol.com wrote: > Yes and No…. Any dancer can slow up or stop the line of dance regardless > of what style he’s dancing however some styles are danced to specifically > disrupt the line of dance. Ah? Styles exist to *specifically* disrupt the line of dance? In other

[Tango-L] Line of dance and respect

2010-10-05 Thread HBBOOGIE1
THE most important thing to keep in mind imo, is the LINE OF DANCE and if any > ’style’ ignores the line of dance, then it is doing damage to the social dance > the Milonga. To paraphrase another saying with which I only partially agree: styles don't ignore the line of dance (and the ronda, a