Of course, that is assuming that you and Charles even agree on the definition of the words "affection and romanticism"!
Gordon On 4/21/11 2:24 PM, Dubravko Kakarigi wrote: > Amazing and fantastic how different we are! In my experience, "affection and > romanticism" can be wonderfully shared at the arm's-length distance, maybe > even more so. > > ...dubravko > > =================================== > seek, appreciate, and create beauty > this life is not a rehearsal > =================================== > > >> ________________________________ >> From: RonTango<[email protected]> >> To: Charles Roques<[email protected]>; Tango-L<[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Music: Beat, Energy, Emotion& the Embrace >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >>> From: Charles Roques<[email protected]> >>> >>> ..... one of the principal reasons that contributes to many dancers >>> resorting >>> to non-tango music for dancing: it ts easier to hear the beat in other >>> music >>> or modern "electro-pop" tango. >> That's interesting, especially since those who prefer non-tango music for >> mimicking tango steps usually don't dance to the rhythm of the music. I think >> what they get from the non-tango music is energy - energy for the large and >> rapid movements that to them define tango. >> >> In contrast, milonguero dancers conserve energy, keeping it inside of the >> embrace, using some for movement and some for sharing emotion with their >> partner >> in the embrace. This is hard to do at arm's length - at least sharing >> positive >> energy. The only kind of energy that can be shared at arm's length is >> negative - >> dragging or pushing you partner. It takes an embrace to share positive >> energy - >> affection and romanticism. >> >> Ron >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
