Sergio: To clarify, I´ve seen Argentines collide with Argentines. Then the two men get into an argument. At Gricel, the partner of one just looked around the room with a look that said ¨Will somebody please rescue me?¨ At Arranque, a man accused the other of leading the woman to do a boleo which scuffed his pants. If I was the ONLY person having collisions, I´ve have to sit down and evaluate. But when I see the Argentines having problems, well, that puts a whole new light on the matter.
Tonight, I went to lo de Celia. The floor actually has a line that goes around the perimeter. I see couples moving from one side of the line to the other. That´s not good navigation. Michael 2009/4/18 Sergio Vandekier <[email protected]>: > > It is interesting that I spent several months dancing in Buenos Aires, many > times at Gricel on Fridays and never noticed the navigation problems that > michael describes. We have been dancing at Gricel for years without any > problems, further more I do not think that people at Gricel dance differently > with respect to conversation before dancing or navigation than in other > milongas. > > > I do not wish to blame Michael for his problems at Gricel at all, it is > possible that that particular night had several poor dancers on the floor at > the same time. > > Nito and Elba teach there twice a week, it is possible that some of their > new students were dancing at that particular time. Nito teaches long figures > that a new dancer would not know how to fit in a crowded floor. > > I have noticed instances of people colliding, and then leaving the floor > asserting that "people do not know how to navigate" blaming the others for > their own shortcomings. > > As to talking in between tangos before to start dancing is part of being a > good milonguero, this has always been a very important part of the tango > culture. > > Before dancing you have to get the "feeling" of the music, you have to > develop the right mood and attitude towards that particular melody that just > started to play. > > You never start dancing right away as the music begins. You converse with > your partner while you wait to get the right feeling to make a good > interpretation of the music. You normally wait for the couple in front of > you to start dancing and only then you start moving. > > The same way you do not come straight from the street and jump into the > dancing floor to start dancing, no way! > > You look around, greet your friends, sit at a table and sip some wine while > listening to the music, you patiently wait till you spirit is ready to start > dancing, till your feet literally want to start dancing, Only then you ask a > lady to dance and you start your journey on the dancing floor. > > Best wishes, Sergio > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Rediscover Hotmail®: Get quick friend updates right in your inbox. > http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Updates2_042009 > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > -- I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
