I have been for so long hitting the delete key for most tango postings that often times i forget the reason for such mechanical and thoughtless behavior.
So then sometimes I tell myself... maybe I am too critical or simply wrong about the ideas posted in the list... In these moments of self-doubt I make the mistake to read a posting...invariably something like the ideas below... Then I immediately remember the reasons why I should and will continue to hit the delete key before ever opening any of the comments in this list. Not to leave without a more constructive commentary I will say this: Tango is a social activity which I construed to mean that we are operating in a social environment... for me to be social is not to have a critical list of prerequisites guiding who I dance or not with. To be social is to leave one's professional and emotional baggages out of the door and enter a space willing to try... willing to make mistakes and above all willing to live. Out of this thread and the list.... what a waste. Amaury > > --- On Fri, 3/20/09, Noughts > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Noughts <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] How do you decide who to dance > with? > > To: "Steve Littler" > <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 9:39 AM > > I always dance with my partner first and last - if > that is > > possible. > > If I have to excuse myself to freshen up at either end > of > > the night > > and miss either the first or last, c'est la vie. > > > > However like others, then I love to dance my > "warm > > up" tanda's with > > people I know who are forgiving and kind to me and > allow me > > to get the > > kinks out so to speak. > > > > Then, depending upon the music as to whom I dance with > - I > > rarely > > dance a milonga with anyone but an experienced dancer > and > > one that I > > have shared time with doing tango first. Milonga has > so > > little > > reaction time for the follower that you want to know > that > > the partner > > can keep up with change of pace, syncopation and quick > > changes of > > direction first. Vals I dance with either beginnners, > or > > advanced and > > Tango with all. Nuevo (if you want to label) with > more > > advanced, but > > not only. > > > > As for the order, whomever is available, but > sometimes, I > > like to > > watch too... sometimes people forget that this is also > a > > chance for > > men, women and kids if they are dancing or there, that > we > > all like to > > watch and see how everyone else is going. > > > > I don't care about age, weight, race or religion - > love > > to dance with > > people that connect, the reason we are there ;-) > > > > Damian > > > > > > PS - I'll dance with men too, if we run short but > hey, > > isn't that how > > we improve? :-) > > _______________________________________________ > > Tango-L mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
