[Tango-L] Social Tango: A Cultural Perspective

[Alexis Cousein]

Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
> 
> It is not my intention to defend close embrace roadblocks.
> Rather, I contend that they are [1] less likely to injure
> another dancer (if you can avoid splitting your knuckles
> against his skull) and [2] easier to get around than open
> embrace roadblocks.
> 
For the open embrace obstacles, somehow, "roadblock" does not
do justice to them (except perhaps the "let's do a sandwich right
*here*, orthogonal to the line of dance, and let's adorn it
endlessly and pause emphatically throughout the routine, staring
into each other's eyes").

May I suggest "bomb carpet", "minefield", "rotating saw blade
death trap" or "bumper car track" instead?

Which fantasia figures are a match for which term is left as an
exercise to the reader.

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Alexis Cousein                                al at sgi.com
Solutions Architect/Senior Systems Engineer   SGI
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