[Tango-L] The Flying Dutchman

[Fantasia Sorenson]

Trini is perfectly reasonable. Still, I wonder if perhaps her reading
was a little more literal than the author intended. (Hey wait! That
was me. :-) )

Maybe I'm the one who is adrift? I imagined there would be more
corroborration from other women.

Fan

On 4/6/07, Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Because our vision has a large effect on our balance, I don't always
> recommend dancing with ones eyes closed unless the woman is truly on her OWN
> balance.  For a lot of beginning and intermediate women, this is not the
> case.  I hear a lot of complaints from men about women leaning on them with
> their eyes closed, oblivious to the extra work they are causing the men.
>
>   For women who want to dance with their eyes closed, I suggest making sure
> that your technique is good enough to allow you to do so without bogging
> down your partner.  It's not fair to him to have him compensate for a
> woman's bad balance.
>
>   Trini de Pittsburgh
>
>
> Fantasia Sorenson <bichonheels at gmail.com> wrote:
>   Many of us like to dance with our eyes closed. It helps us focus on the
> enjoyment of the feeling of the dance, to shut out distractions. There are
> other reasons, too.
>
> I've visited large cities where the motor traffic is simply monstrous and I
> must entrust my safety to drivers that apparently only recently occupied
> cars at all much less drive them. Do I close my eyes when I ride in those
> taxis? You bet I do!
>
> The taxi metaphor is pretty apt. Keeping my eyes shut when I dance is great
> for keeping me from being scared to death while I'm a passenger with a crazy
> driver.
>
> Here's another apt metaphor, The Flying Dutchman, the ghost ship doomed
> never to return home.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman
>
> I would say that 90% of the time when I'm dancing it's as if I'm a passenger
> on The Flying Dutchman, doomed never to return home to the Line of Dance.
> Our ship wanders aimlessly over the seven seas. I don't get to choose where
> we go. Now, I'd feel safer if we just moved along the outside circle, or if
> we remained relatively motionless in the middle. Instead, the captains tend
> just to sail anywhere they see some room, whether it's in front of them in
> the line of dance or somewhere in the middle of the floor. Hmmm... actually,
> they frequently even head for destinations where they DON'T see any room.
> They just hope for the best as they indiscriminately plough through the
> 64-count combination that the famous teacher just gleefully inflicted on a
> milonga full of woefully unprepared (myself included) social dancers.
>
> Yes, there will be flames. Everyone always touts the great importance of
> caring for their female partners. However, I believe actions, not words.
> Prove how much you care about me by guiding me to safe harbors, My Captain!
>
> The eyes have it, but when I dance I clamp them shut.
>
> Fan
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