On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:00 AM, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patan...@yahoo.com > wrote:
> > > --- On Thu, 2/26/09, Kristina Bohm <kristina...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What do you think of "close embrance" after a guy > > has been dancing several hours and is totally soaked in his sweat?... I, > personally love both, close and open embrace. But recently I had to say 'no' > to a great dancer whom I smelled already from 5 meters approaching me. (and > yes, I smiled and said that I was tired...:) ) > > Good answer. By the way, anyone who has to work so hard that he sweats > that much, might not be such a great dancer. > Oh, dear. Let me tell you something. I sweat. I sweat wearing shorts in the winter. Being in a dance hall or studio that's over 68 degress makes me sweat, even before I start dancing. But thanks for generalizing. > > > Another dancer, also at the end of milonga, after several > > open embrace > > tangos, told me that "he prefers close embrace" > > and almost forced me to the > > close position. > > I would have made an excuse and left in the middle of a tanda if someone > tried that with me and I wanted to dance with him another time. Otherwise, > I would have just thanked him and left him on the dance floor. If, however, > you asked him to dance and you knew that he preferred close-embrace, then > that's a different story. > That's what your left elbow is for. Lock it off if you really don't want to dance in close. But otherwise, I agree with Trini here. Bail out if you're not comfortable being in close with someone. -Greg G _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l