[Tango-L] yale tango, male followers

[Derik Rawson]

Dear Martin:

I looked at the video, and I am sure that Alex is a
very nice guy, but if that is what goes on in Portland
and New York then I want to go to Paris or Buenos
Aires.  Very nice dancing and cool steps, but ZERO
ELECTRICITY.

Derik
d.rawson at rawsonweb.com

--- rockies at comcast.net wrote:

> 
> Martin said: 
> (snip other stuff)
> 
>   Incidentally,
> > one of the most amazingly precise musicality nuevo
> performances I ever saw
> > was Alex Krebs in DC dancing with a man, I forgot
> his name. 
> 
> Normally I just lurk, but couldn't resist this
> thread. There is a video of Alex Performing with
> 'Evan' (no mention of last name) on his site -  go
> to www.tangoberretin.com and click on  'video of
> Alex and Evan' It is well worth watching.  
> 
> For what it's worth, here in Portland, it is similar
> to NYC, very liberal, and nobody cares whether you
> dance with someone of the same gender, although it's
> much less common to see men with men. Also, the
> women leaders are probably some of the best dancers
> in the country. If you dance with them, you know
> it's true. The same probably holds true of women
> leaders elsewhere - certainly many of the best women
> teachers are outstanding leaders also. When I first
> started tango, I preferred not to dance with men,
> but have changed my thinking on that, as it's an
> excellent way to improve ones tango. If you can make
> a clunky male follower do things, it's bound to
> improve what you can do with a responsive follower.
> I also volunteer to be lead by the women leaders.
> Why not? I've danced with Alex on both sides of the
> frame, and he's fantastic at either, also, as a
> great leader, he had me doing things in following
> that I didn't even know I could do! It was amazing!,
> and every bit as satisfy!
>  ing as 
> leading a good follower, just different. So, before
> anyone casts aspersions on it, if you're secure
> enough, try it, it can make a huge difference in
> your dancing.
> 
> Sadly, I'm orthopedically challenged right now, and
> not dancing... indefinitely. A tango addicts worst
> nightmare.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> Randy Foo
> 
> 
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