[Tango-L] Line of Dance

2010-10-12 Thread Phil Seyer
I've seen many tango master instructors, dance against the line of dance for a while. It's necessary for many dance figures. In my opinion, the key is to know when it is safe to do so, and to keep it in moderation, while continuing to progress, most of the time down the line of dance. One

Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance

2010-10-12 Thread edgecomb...@optusnet.com.au
On 10/10/10 11:39, Phil Seyer wrote: snip One instructor points out in one of his videos that it's safe for him to dance backwards into a certain space because he knows the space is available since he has just been there himself moments ago. moments ago is sufficient time for a space to

Re: [Tango-L] Forever Tango on DWTS

2010-10-12 Thread Vince Bagušauskas
Hopefully someone is able to Youtube it, for the likes of us who do not live in North America. Cheers! Vince In Melbourne, Australia On Tuesday, Oct. 12, the cast of Forever Tango is going to be on Dancing with the Stars, 9pm. The promo I read says that Cheryl Burke from the show

[Tango-L] Forever Tango on Dancing With The Stars

2010-10-12 Thread duranmar
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Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance

2010-10-12 Thread Dubravko Kakarigi
Thank you for pointing this out. When people know how to dance, strictly following line of dance rule is meaningless, because you end up dancing with other pairs on the floor co-creating a symbiotic dance of the whole group - that's when the whole new horizon of dancing opens up. ...dubravko

Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance

2010-10-12 Thread Huck Kennedy
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Phil Seyer professionalsgu...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen many tango master instructors, dance against the line dance for a while. It's necessary for many dance figures. Any figure requiring travel against the line of dance either needs to get chopped into

Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance

2010-10-12 Thread Huck Kennedy
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 6:05 AM, NANCY ningle_2...@yahoo.com wrote: I danced with a gentleman who took seven ( count 'em) quick steps backward, on a diagonal, into the center of the room without disturbing anyone. Without disturbing anyone? I think you may have misspelled without bumping

[Tango-L] Line of dance

2010-10-12 Thread NANCY
--- On Tue, 10/12/10, Huck Kennedy tempeh...@gmail.com wrote:       Without disturbing anyone?  I think you may have misspelled without bumping into anyone.  Who's to say that nobody was distracted from their ongoing tango reverie and yanked back into the real world by being forced to deal with

Re: [Tango-L] Line of dance

2010-10-12 Thread Huck Kennedy
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:38 AM, NANCY ningle_2...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Tue, 10/12/10, Huck Kennedy tempeh...@gmail.com wrote:       Without disturbing anyone?  I think you may have misspelled without bumping into anyone.  Who's to say that nobody was distracted from their ongoing

Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance

2010-10-12 Thread HBBOOGIE1
Huck I agree with you 100% well said. In a message dated 10/12/2010 6:55:14 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, tempeh...@gmail.com writes: On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Phil Seyer professionalsgu...@gmail.com wrote: I've seen many tango master instructors, dance against the line dance for a

Re: [Tango-L] Forever Tango on DWTS

2010-10-12 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Forever Tango is an ensemble piece, so Cheryl (who I haven't seen) is probably in just a couple of dances.  Maybe subbing in for one of the women.  From what I've seen of rehearsal photos, Juan Victoria will be reprising their finale (the death drop and slide to the bandoneon) as part of the

[Tango-L] DWTS on 10/12

2010-10-12 Thread John Tice
If you're in the LA area, Vanessa and David will be at our milonga, La Milonga El Rincón, this Friday. More info at milongaelrincon dot com John ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l