[Tango-L] The thrill is gone... how to get it back?

[Jake Spatz (TangoDC.com)]

Hi Robert,

Three suggestions, without any knowledge of how you already dance...

(1)
Try dancing to melody instead of rhythm. If you can get a partner to 
follow you there, it'll be quite a thrill.

(2)
Try breaking the "rules" from time to time, just for variety. (It's 
after a little of this that one understands there aren't any rules, only 
a set of "best practices," all of which have exceptions.)

(3)
Don't do anything exactly the way you've been taught it.

You can never be anonymous again, at least in your (new) hometown, but 
you can always become more unpredictable.

Go deep.

Jake Spatz
DC


Robert Armus wrote:
> Hello everyone : - )
>
> When I first started going out to Milongas to dance I didn't know anyone 
> (because I was new in town) nor all the rules and had a GREAT time asking 
> everyone and anyone to dance, even though I couldn't execute many figures or 
> have much technique for that matter, I was very enthusiastic and did have 
> many "Tango moments". Usually the girl I was dancing with enjoyed also, and 
> then, of course, inevitably I started to get some bad (sometimes downright 
> nasty) reactions. I was told that "you can't do this" and "never do that" 
> etc. So after a period of thinking about packing it in I started to take 
> classes with some popular local teachers to try and fit in. Now I know the 
> rules (social and dancing) and dance how they expect everyone to dance. I no 
> longer get nasty comments but I find that the thrill is gone, I feel like 
> I'm in a box and have to be very careful not to break any of the rules and 
> rarely have those special moments. Does anyone else relate to this? Does the 
> thrill come back?
>
> Rob
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tango-L mailing list
> Tango-L at mit.edu
> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
>
>
>
>