Carol asked:
Another problem -- I do want to dance with a guy, but not a milonga, I would
rather dance a tango. I say, "Can we not dance to this, but dance to a tango
instead?" They walk away, and don't come back, because they feel rejected.
Can I go over to them and ask them to dance the ta
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Hey, sometimes our feet *are* sore and we really need to rest! Have you
ever worn tango shoes? ;)
This is a bigger problem in the tango world t
More like all of the folks we keep hearing about in Buenos Aires.
It takes lots of time to get to know people well enough that you
know they want to dance with you from across the room. Or
without even looking at them.
As a guess, most of the US tango communities are no where
near as ol
--- Carol Shepherd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey, sometimes our feet *are* sore and we really need to
> rest! Have you
> ever worn tango shoes? ;)
Agreed! At least around here, folks know that I'm up on my
feet for 6-8 hours just before I go to a milonga, so they
know I mean it when I say
Carol:
If you feel that you can't "go over and ask", by all means be sure to
look at the man when he is available. If and when he returns your gaze
you can motion towards the dance floor, or raise your eyebrows in
question (Are we going to dance now?)
Does this sound like a certain non
Carol raises an interesting point about not wanting to dance milonga with
someone but wanting to dance tango. I also find that there are some
partners with whom I would prefer to dance with only to specific music, be
the distinction tango/vals/milonga or D'Arienzo/Di Sarli/Pugliese. I
think t
Hey, sometimes our feet *are* sore and we really need to rest! Have you
ever worn tango shoes? ;)
This is a bigger problem in the tango world than in other dance styles,
because of the difference in customs. In other dances I can say to the
guy "when I'm done resting, I'll come over and ask y
Gabriel wrote
> There is nothing rude about asking someone to dance in a place where
> and at a time when people gather for that purposse, conversation going
> on or not.
Different people gather in a milonga for different purposes.
You're free to assume everyone gathering in a milonga is ther
r Bennetts
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ects women from the social obligation of dancing with someone who
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> It allows women to invite men to dance.
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om you do not want to dance.
It allows women to invite men to dance.
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I think what turns many guys off is not the music but the too many women who
think they are too beautiful or too good to dance with one of the plain joes.
The worst ones are the on
I think what turns many guys off is not the music but the too many women who
think they are too beautiful or too good to dance with one of the plain joes.
The worst ones are the ones that turn a guy down claiming they are resting and
then instantly pop up and start dancing with a younger or bett
>
> An enormous number of women who are pretty, and an enormous number of
> women
> who dance well. Still not reeling theme in? Next, there is...
>
> We usually don't talk out loud about what the consequences of that are.
> First, the men we invite will probably never come back and invite us
> un
I agree with Tom. The single most important strategy: Be Happy - SMILE - and
make eye contact.
However, another strategy that works is to position yourself strategically.
Don't sit in a corner. Be near the normal flow of traffic to and from the
bathrooms or water fountain or bar or entrance.
On Oct 4, 2007, at 12:17 PM, Fantasia Sorenson wrote:
> ...
> That made me think of the various tricks and strategies we women
> trot out
> for getting dances. For better or worse, the most popular are:
>
> Strategy #1: Be as pretty as possible.
> Strategy #2: Dance as well as possible.
> Strat
I find men not dancing at the milongas after a while when they realize that
they do not know how to dance and the expectations are high. Many men try
practicas but usually better women dancers do not go to practicas (they may
think they do not need them - wrong) to help develop those men who rea
I loved Darlene's post. (Thanks, Darlene!) I found Darlene's observation,
that the average American man dislikes tango music, a revelation. I never
thought of that. But it stopped me in my tracks. It sounds all too
plausible.
I think that explanation from Darlene is more plausible than another
pos
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