Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-16 Thread allen
I dance mostly in Boston, the mecca for Argentine Tango that Sharukh founded, thank God for him. I love the community. It gives more to me than I can ever repay to it. I seek out every follower in a milonga to dance (except those who one way or another convey their disinterest.) I dance wi

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-15 Thread natalie
Please take me off the mailing list! -Original Message- From: Felicity Graham To: tango-L Sent: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 3:17 pm Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango I don't know quite what to say, but thank you. I've got nothing more to add just now beyond wh

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-15 Thread Felicity Graham
I don't know quite what to say, but thank you. I've got nothing more to add just now beyond what I've already said about women's power in the milonga but I thought it was interesting Shahrukh mentioned the golden age of Tango-L. I wasn't around then but I heard a little about it. I was very relu

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-14 Thread Shahrukh Merchant
What a nice post, reminiscent of the some of the articulate and expressive posts of Tango-L's own "golden age"! A model post, really, in how even your disagreements with what others write are respectfully presented without losing any of their force. Please write more! :-) And feel free to copy

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-06 Thread Felicity Graham
Martin wrote: "men outnumber women at the overwhelming majority of practicas and milongas." I am very surprised and intrigued how NYC comes by this (to me) surprising phenomenon. Any ideas? Michael wrote: "Some women found their voice" Gosh. I wonder how they managed before. It's a short, perha

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-06 Thread Petra Starmans
​Hello everyone >The common element in most if not all of these, is that a milonga is a >*social* event and not a dance competition where you have to pick your >partner based almost exclusively on dance skill or compatibility. >(Unfortunately, this seems to be increasingly forgotten at many levels

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-06 Thread Dubravko Kakarigi
Once a woman embraces a man to dance with, she is not helpless to just "obey" -- unless a leader is so bad to be totally insensitive, in which case she would likely never again dance with him. With a little effort she can let the leader know what she (dis)likes in a dance, starting with an embra

[Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-05 Thread Pat Petronio
15 23:07:40 -0400 From: Michael Subject: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango To: Tango L  Message-ID: <003501d09f3c$c8ebb8d0$5ac32a70$@optimum.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Shahrukh is looking for list activity. I hope I can write this without being flamed or misunderstood.

Re: [Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-05 Thread Shahrukh Merchant
On 6/5/2015 12:07 AM, Michael wrote: > I hope I can write this without being flamed or misunderstood. ... > Women have power in tango. Either they don't know it or know it and don't > know how to use it. (An alternative description is women finding their > voice.) Well, I am a little surprised yo

[Tango-L] Women's power in tango

2015-06-04 Thread Michael
Shahrukh is looking for list activity. I hope I can write this without being flamed or misunderstood. Women have power in tango. Either they don't know it or know it and don't know how to use it. (An alternative description is women finding their voice.) I don't hear everything women say be