I always dance with my partner first and last - if that is possible. If I have to excuse myself to freshen up at either end of the night and miss either the first or last, c'est la vie.
However like others, then I love to dance my "warm up" tanda's with people I know who are forgiving and kind to me and allow me to get the kinks out so to speak. Then, depending upon the music as to whom I dance with - I rarely dance a milonga with anyone but an experienced dancer and one that I have shared time with doing tango first. Milonga has so little reaction time for the follower that you want to know that the partner can keep up with change of pace, syncopation and quick changes of direction first. Vals I dance with either beginnners, or advanced and Tango with all. Nuevo (if you want to label) with more advanced, but not only. As for the order, whomever is available, but sometimes, I like to watch too... sometimes people forget that this is also a chance for men, women and kids if they are dancing or there, that we all like to watch and see how everyone else is going. I don't care about age, weight, race or religion - love to dance with people that connect, the reason we are there ;-) Damian PS - I'll dance with men too, if we run short but hey, isn't that how we improve? :-) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
