Re: Waiting for an hour: In all fairness waiting in BA is somewhat different - there is always drinking involved, so that you sit down, and you order...
Huh - I like the name "roaming cabeceo" - I will have to add that to my vocabulary. I actually think that there is a big difference between the...
I have seen this, and danced with followers like that, and the way I _think_ it is supposed to work (I have not actually tried to make this style...
I personally think that looking for the "lean" is a bit misleading, because almost all different tango techniques allow for lean/no...
From my perspective the seating arrangements and the Mirada/cabeceo are naturally lumped - the archetypical arrangement (one of the long sides...
You forgot the arrogance ;) Aqui esta la elegancia. Que pinta! Que silueta! Que porte! Que arrogancia! Que clase pa' bailar! Asi se baila...
I think the first thing is to disentangle the different issues: 1) Do you have a bad teacher? Yes, you do. In my experience if somebody is posting...
I am not sure where you see misogyny - to be honest I would consider it exactly the opposite. I personally see the system of a traditional...
Heresy!
You are an optimist :) Gssh
i think it is e) the teacher wanting to teach the leader something and being frustrated with not being able to do that because he wasn't able to...
Next time i will have to look these things up instead of relying on vague memories, especially when i am trying that hard to sound knowledgable....
*Laugh* No need to put it there - we are perfectly willing to come here ;) Gssh
I am not sure that this is a meaningful question - we have a pretty good idea where parts of it come from (canyuenge, habanera, polka), and that...
In my experience there it is not actually more difficult _to dance_ with ones SO - what made it more difficult were two things: 1) We expected more...
I think the OP is asking for advice for a couple - and i think you are right that probably neither follower nor leader advice is all that...
I think to some extent this is also true for leaders: Confidence in your own dance is the key to social dancing. My general view of the key...
[quote="Steven123, post: 997792, member: 58037It is almost as if these facts need to be discovered rather than taught. The teaching is offering up...
And perhaps more insiduously, there are facts masquerading as preferences, too ;) Gssh
In my opinon there are at least half a dozen different tangos out there, and depending on who teaches them how they are more or less compatible with...
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