Dancing around a couple creates another problem - entering into the space of the dancers the next lane inward (assuming there is another lance) or into the Brownian motion in center of the floor. This is also a navigation hazard. The more appropriate thing to do is to become creative with turns (clockwise and counterclockwise) until the offending couple progresses.
If a couple stops for an extended periods of time lets say one minute you now have a traffic jam behind them and a humongous space between them and the couple ahead of them. There are many skilled dancer that have no problem being creative in a small space without moving forward however there comes a point where someone in the traffic jam is going to make a move around the line do dance and that’s where the free for all begins. There it is one disrespectful idiot versus fifty tango dancers and there is nothing being done about it. Think about a situation where one person is disrupting something you paid good money for. Let’s say you and your date are enjoying a movie and one guy is being offensive talking on his cell phone and using vulgar language during the movie with no regard for anyone it the theatre. Would something be done to get this guy removed…. in a heartbeat. What’s so different about tango? Why do we tolerate the idiots? What’s so bad about tango police? In a message dated 10/5/2010 7:48:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > …. Any dancer can slow up or stop the line of dance regardless > of what style he’s dancing however some styles are danced to specifically > disrupt the line of dance. As a social dancer I try to always respect the > line of dance but most of the time when others are slowing or stopping the > line of dance completely you are forced to break the codes yourself and dance > > around the person causing the problem Dancing around a couple creates another problem - entering into the space of the dancers the next lane inward (assuming there is another lance) or into the Brownian motion in center of the floor. This is also a navigation hazard. The more appropriate thing to do is to become creative with turns (clockwise and counterclockwise) until the offending couple progresses. > Last you have what I call the idiots this is a very large group made up of > good dancers bad dancers so called teachers foreign and domestic. Some > have been dancing for months some for years but the common denominator they > share is a total disregard for the line of dance. This group seems to be > dancing for attention or to show the woman how skilled he is. This group >also > > teaches on the dance floor and just can’t shut up and dance. Are things getting that bad everywhere? I haven't seen too much of that lately because I choose where to dance based on the reputation of the milonga. But if this tango evolution resulting in the extinction of the ronda is what dances under the name of Argentine Tango today throughout the world, then those who abhor it can either quit tango or start having private tango parties and only inviting dancers who respect the ronda. The latter seems to be the preferred alternative. Ron _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
