[Tango-L] Tango Personality Types

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Just 2 kinds: tango dancers and tango posers ;-)


>From: Ernest Williams <alohatango2002 at yahoo.com>
>To: tango-l at mit.edu
>Subject: [Tango-L] Tango Personality Types
>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:50:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello All
>
>   I thought it would be fun to get the opinions of those on this list 
>about terms we can use to describe the many different personalities we see 
>on the dance floor.  Imagine you were at a milonga or a workshop and you 
>were sitting to the side writing in a notebook putting people into broad 
>categories.  You would use one or two word phrases to describe the category 
>that a particular leader or follower falls into.  I know that we are all 
>individuals, but at the same time people can be identified by often 
>reoccurring tendencies that they share with others.
>
>   For example there is the "Cowboy/Cowgirl" a person who dances wide 
>legged like they're going to the Ho Down, and then there is the "Ghost 
>dancer" where their lead or following is so light that you can hardly feel 
>them, or the "Ocho machine" unending ochos from a follwer or "Teacher on 
>the dance floor" self explanatory but feel free to add your own definition, 
>etc.  These may be things you can see or feel when dancing with someone.  
>The test is that you must have seen these in more than one person and these 
>two or more people cannot have developed the habit from the same source.  I 
>would love a long list to be compiled of these personality types.
>
>   Feel free to be creative with descriptions and definitions without 
>personally attacking any dancer, teacher or community.  I'm not looking for 
>long three paragraph arguments about the validity of anyone's entry or any 
>defense of any entry.  If you are being defensive, it's probably because 
>they are describing you, so if you don't want to be associated with a 
>particular category, don't try to defend or undermine any particular entry. 
>  I'm looking for as many positive and neutral ones as negative ones.
>
>   Thanks
>
>   Ernest
>   www.emotionLdance.com
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