[Tango-L] connection

[Melanie Eskoff]

Michael wrote: " My observation, not based on scientific sampling, is that those who dance close are more interested in connection and those that dance open seem to be more interested in figures."

Open (which dosen't mean arms length) salon is only danced well when the connection is paramount to both partners.  Frame and connection are exactly the elements that make figures really work, otherwise they fall apart, literally and physically.  I would say that open requires more connection, not less.  The  connection required is not as blatant as close dancing and not easy, but well worth the effort.   

Connection and communication in dance is not just a product of greater square inches of body contact.  

ME