Ming asks : "What are these solid, clean basics? What are the
consequences of not being able to do these basics?"
The basics are (in my opinion): Proper posture.Elegance. Tango walk as an
individual. Several forms of tango walk as an individual.
The frame and muscle tone of the embrace.
Huck says: "I believe you forgot perhaps the mostimportant basic of all:
Knowing and loving the classic Argentine musicalrepertoire to the point that..."
I totally agree I forgot about musicality. To know the music is basic. It is
very important to know where the beat is and that each tango h
Sergio lists a bunch of things he considers basic but
doesn't give consequences resulting from the lack of these
things. If I suffer no negative consequences from not
knowing the ocho cortado, then I don't need to know the
ocho cortado.
His list includes:
> Navigation of the floor. Milonga co
Jack writes:
>Are you serious or is that written toungue-in-cheek?
I see I've confused you. By milonga rules I mean milonga
code. The code is a code of conduct -- rules of behavior.
You don't walk up to a girl and verbally ask her to dance;
you use la mirada, the look. There have been sever
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Sergio Vandekier <
sergiovandekier...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ming asks : "What are these solid, clean basics? What are the
> consequences of not being able to do these basics?"
>
> The basics are (in my opinion): Proper posture.Elegance. Tango walk as an
> indiv
> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:13:22 +
> From: Sergio Vandekier
> Subject: [Tango-L] The Basics
>
> Some people may choose to teach only close embrace.
It has been my observation that many people who dance exclusivity in a
close embrace have issues with posture and balance, of
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 1:28 PM, JOHN WROBLEWSKI
wrote:
> That, is there is no measureable reliance of posture and balance on each
> other..In other words, you might as well be dancing with yourself.<
Following your logic, there is sufficient distance between the
interlocutors in this conversat
o-L] The Basics
To: tango-l@mit.edu
Date: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 4:16 PM
> Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:13:22 +
> From: Sergio Vandekier
> Subject: [Tango-L] The Basics
>
> Some people may choose to teach only close embrace.
It has been my observation that many people who
Original Message
> From: Ming Mar
>
> What specifically about navigation would you teach?
>
> Outside of the Rio Plata the milonga rules don't work. You
> could, of course host your own authentic genuine downtown
> Buenos Aires tango party and enforce the rules, but
> otherwise, th
On 20/09/2010 12:26, Ming Mar wrote:
>
> What specifically about navigation would you teach?
>
That learning to dance is like learning to drive a car:
it's no use practicing 1000 hours outside of traffic,
and that when you learn how to drive and park you
should pretend there are others around you.
Brick Robbins wrote:
> It has been my observation that many people who dance exclusivity in a
> close embrace have issues with posture and balance, of which they are
> not aware.
That's an interesting twist ... which one could reformulate to the
effect that, "Since dancing (well) in close embra
On 21/09/2010 05:14, Shahrukh Merchant wrote:
> That's an interesting twist ... which one could reformulate to the
> effect that, "Since dancing (well) in close embrace is harder than
> dancing in open embrace [no argument from me there],
I'm not sure I completely agree.
It may be harder to dance
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:28 PM, Alexis Cousein wrote:
> On 21/09/2010 05:14, Shahrukh Merchant wrote:
> >
> > That's an interesting twist ... which one could reformulate to the
> > effect that, "Since dancing (well) in close embrace is harder than
> > dancing in open embrace [no argument from me
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:14:19 -0300
> From: Shahrukh Merchant
>
> Brick Robbins wrote:
>
>> It has been my observation that many people who dance exclusivity in a
>> close embrace have issues with posture and balance, of which they are
>> not aware.
>
> That's an interesting twist ... which o
- Original Message
> From: Shahrukh Merchant shahr...@shahrukhmerchant.com
> "Since dancing (well) in close embrace is harder than
> dancing in open embrace [no argument from me there],
>
I used to think that but now I don't. I agree that learning to dance
well in close embrace is h
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