[Tango-L] Evolution of the embrace

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

On 4/10/07, Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> At present we have people that always dance in "close embrace", people that
> always dance in "open embrace", people that use an "elastic embrace", people
> that adapt the embrace to the circumstances of the moment with respect to
> available room, type of music, partner, inspiration, etc.
>

Sergio,

Thanks for provide an interesting informed answer to Caroline's
question on variation in embrace.

In my 2 trips to Buenos Aires, I saw almost no "open embrace - always"
that could not be attributed to disoriented (i.e., navigation
challenged) apparent tourists, and very little "elastic embrace", even
in less crowded milongas. The main difference I saw was postural
differences (apilado more common downtown, less so away from
downtown). Could you inform us at what milongas one would find a
signficant number of dancers in "open embrace - always" or in
"flexible embrace".

Thank you.

Ron