yes , this is all true in terms of the "talk" time between dancing, especially in more socially restricted times... but I've also had many people in BsAs, including some key milongueros, tell me it is because of the /music... /a good dancer wants to hear the beat before he starts ( and there were many tango songs with long intros before the "beat began")... it is so wonderful to dance in a crowded BsAs milonga where everyone is just standing, and then all of sudden, as if by secret code, everyone starts dancing at the same time. Unforgettable! I.
Sergio Vandekier wrote: >It was said: > >"What I've read about the chit chat in BsAs and it's origins, was that was the >only chance for a young suitor to talk to the girl with whom he was dancing >with, because it would not have been proper to sit next to her after the >dancing; she was there with a chaperone. Remember the strong Catholic roots of >South America and how difficult it is/was for a young man to get to knowa >young, proper, woman, and to impress her. " > > > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
