On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 11:40 PM, Tango 22 <tang...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sergio comments............ > > The conversation we are discussing is very brief, a few seconds, > > the duration depends on when the couple in front of you starts > > moving, it does (it should) not disrupt the ronda at all. > > This is why one wonders if this pleasant custom has become a boorish > affectation,
Alas, here in the US, I fear you are right. Often at festivals I'll see a couple rudely continuing to obliviously chat away two minutes into the song, and if you dare to challenge their rudeness by either saying something or passing them, they give you this condescending look that says, "Did you just start dancing yesterday (as opposed to our a year ago, we're seasoned veterans!)? Haven't you ever been to Buenos Aires, we read somewhere that you are *supposed* to recite your entire life history or decide the next presidential election or discuss all the movies you've seen in the previous six months before resuming the dance, or you're not a real tanguero." Huck _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l