Survival Guide for Tango Dancers Adapted from Yves Denault Tango-L, Portland Oregon
1. Make friends with those people who share your values and your reasons for dancing tango. 2. Visit other milongas in your city, state or province to get another perspective. 3. Let people dance the style they want. Your task is to dance the best you can. 4. Dance with the people you like or love instead of the best dancer, or the hunk or babe. 5. If you ask someone to dance and they decline, dont take it personally. We all have preferences and often just like to watch. If youre asked and arent in the mood, be gracious. A no thanks, but thank-you anyway goes a long way. 6. Learn to follow the line of dance. Otherwise youll either hurt other dancers or get hurt yourself. 7. Find teachers who make life easy for you, who can read what you need at this time in your tango career, who can actually explain what they themselves do. 8. There is absolutely no need to have to sleep with a teacher in order to learn tango. 9. There is absolutely no reason to tolerate being berated, humiliated or abused by a teacher or a tanguero/tanguera. Should anyone attempt sexual assault, call the police, for your own dignity and the protection of the community? 10. Remember tango is big business. On average each dancer shells out $3,000.00 a year. Dont confuse conviviality with friendship or youll end up resentful. 11. Make tango parties among your friends. Roll up the carpet and dance at home. Your parents did. 12. Share your music among friends. 13. If things get too much, take a break from tango for a month or two. Youll come back refreshed and see it with new eyes. 14. Never lose sight of the beauty of the music, and what it feels like to dance. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tango-m/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
