> All dancers in the 'nuevo' lot you mentioned from Arce, Chicho > etc. consider themselves mainly social dancers
Kung Fu Tanda by Gustavo Naveira comes to mind http://www.tangoandchaos.org/chapt_6school/36nav3.htm Sergey How to Defeat Kung Fu Tandas Passive Aggressive Tanda a subtle way to defeat the common nuisance of the aggressive “payaso”(clown). It’s common knowledge that the traditional tango dancer has studied for years the fine art of floor craft. It’s also pretty much understood that the “ payasos” (clowns) have had very little training in floor craft other then the crafty Kung Fu Tanda of invade and conquer. The key to preventing the “payaso” from grabbing floor space is as follows: In step one when he stops the line of dance to bully you into stopping your forward movement don’t stop, take two large forward steps and lead your partner into a 100 MPH low boleo. This will disable his partner and the floor will now open up to respectful dancing. In step two when the “payaso” stops to do big turning figures in order to retain floor space simply use you’re leading skills to dance directly upon him and remain within inches of him. He will try to get away from you but he hasn’t got the skill so simply dance rings around him and he will get frustrated and leave the floor. In step three…..Oh Sorry there is no step three all we need is two. “Float like a butterfly sting like a bee” Muhammad Ali _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l