Another problem I've witnessed is a man approaching a group of ladies,
extending his hand directly in front of the lady he's asking to dance with and
getting turned down so he simply moves to the next in line and asks her to
dance? All of the ladies know that she wasn't his first choice and
Jack wrote:
If a girl turns you down at a milonga, without a good reason, don't ask her
again. As you improve, it'll be her loss.
Dear Jack,
There are so many unexplainable reasons why a woman might refuse a dance
that it is unfair to blackball a woman because she won't dance with you at
that
Mario wrote:
The woman can place her hand on his right shoulder saying: this
close and no closer...That hurts too.
That's entirely a self-inflicted wound. I suggest shedding some
sense of entitlement. You'll see that the world is a much
less frustrating place when you consider it's full of
I have been dancing since 1961 and one of the first lessons I had to
learn was: if someone turns you down for a dance, for any reason or
none, don't EVER ask her again. The rejection will only be crueller
next time.
John Ward
Bristol, UK
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johnofbris...@tiscali.co.uk wrote:
I have been dancing since 1961 and one of the first lessons I had to
learn was: if someone turns you down for a dance, for any reason or
none, don't EVER ask her again. The rejection will only be crueller
next time.
And, of course, protecting you from
-- Mario sopel...@yahoo.com wrote: --
Last nite, a woman remarked to me in a practica; Move your right arm lower
you are lifting mine!...hmm, that's a new complaint and so I asked How
tall are you? in order to file the information and apply it
where appropriate..What does that have to do
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:44 PM, robin tara robinct...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Jack,
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How can a woman decline a dance and make sure the man understands that it is
not him, it is the particular circumstance?
Why can't you talk to the man you want to dance with?
It sounds as if you are
From: robin tara robinct...@gmail.com
Dear Jack,
There are so many unexplainable reasons why a woman might refuse a dance
that it is unfair to blackball a woman because she won't dance with you at
that particular moment.
Robin,
I did say ... without a good reason and Ilene gave a
I suppose the use of good old cabeceo has its advantages, no?
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Yes, that would be great! But pretty much no one uses it in America.
I've never seen it taught in any Tango classes here. When I try it, I
pretty much never get a glance back. The women don't even look for it
and entertain themselves chatting while they wait for someone to come
interrupt and
Mario wrote:
One hears a lot about how the guy has to 'take care of' the woman, provide
safe space,
listen to her, etc. etc what about the care and feeding of the lead
The leader ultimately doesn't need it. He just leads. And is gracious
about it.
Is it any wonder
why there are so
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Endzone 102endzone...@gmail.com wrote:
No, not really. How is being rejected from across a room any better than
being rejected to my face?
Because only she knows that you looked into her eyes and she
turned her head away in rejection, instead of the whole
well said Huck!
Huck Kennedy wrote:
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Endzone 102endzone...@gmail.com wrote:
No, not really. How is being rejected from across a room any better than
being rejected to my face?
Because only she knows that you looked into her eyes and she
turned her
From: Huck Kennedy tempeh...@gmail.com
Because only she knows that you looked into her eyes and she
turned her head away in rejection, instead of the whole room watching
you marchy marchy clomp clomp clomp over to her table, ask her to
dance, and watch as she turns you down, and you
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