On Sun Apr 6 9:40 , Tom Stermitz sent: > >In my experience, this is false. I see the opposite, i.e. men don't >stay for tricky figures, rather they stay when the material is >presented in a way that makes them feel successful. >
This is true up to a certain point, when the guy begins to feel successful. This is usually when the girls start to enjoy dancing with him in the milongas. At this point he thinks he knows all the basic stuff and starts to experiment with fancier figures. Partly it's just a competitive instinct because he wants to compete with other guys doing the same thing. As for the girls, yes, as beginners they're impressed by guys who dance fancy figures. But it seems to me that the better the girl becomes, the less she wants to dance fancy figures. She may go to all the advanced classes with the visiting Argentines but it seems to be more for the style, feeling and technique. The guys go for the figures. Keith, HK _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
