I completely agree Sherrie. When I DJ, admittedly in a town with few serious dancers, I keep my tandas below 10 min, usually 9 or 9 1/2, and that means three tangos per tanda. Never four. My reasoning: exactly what you said: give people the opportunity to dance with more partners.
Gordon ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 10:31 pm Subject: Re: [Tango-L] proportions To: [email protected] > this youtube is very beautiful..but where is the link between the > dancer and the DJ? > > Someone else brought up another very good point, that there are > maybe > 4, 5 or even 6 tangos per tanda in Ba..IMO this is a dance > disaster...one of these tandas can last as long as 15 minutes..too > long > to take a chance on dancing with an "unknown entitiy" whether it be > male or female...this is a tango tanda lifetime, and unless you are > very young or have high pain thresholds, this can be a physical > dance > nightmare. In milongas where this is the MO, I usually opt out > of > the first or second song, and only dance 2 or 3 after that unless I > am > absolutely sure of the dancer's skills...I don't know why the DJ's > are > doing this...it leads to fewer tandas per milonga and fewer partner > changes and longer periods of sitting out if you have not been > cabaceod > for that tanda...very bad dance strategy..sometimes I want to go to > sleep and leave early in order not to suffer these long dance > intermissions... this dance model is worthy of scrutiny, analysis > and > change.....sherrie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dubravko Kakarigi <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 8:27 pm > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] proportions > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > ... > > I don't think I have ever seen a DJ in BA dance....It is sort of > like > a > > Oh, but they do indeed dance -- not every one of them, but many do. > > See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQtItjJyMfU, for example. > > ...dubravko =================================== > seek, appreciate, and create beauty > this life is not a rehearsal > =================================== > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
