[Tango-L] "Alternative" Music....

[Mauro Casadei]

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My personal preference is to dance with people that
are laid back and fun.  who do not take themselves too
seriously, and can laugh and be my friend, as well as
have some soul, be creative, and surprise me when they
are dancing.  In my experience, the tucked out shirt,
cargo pants crowd is much better at establishing that
feeling. 
 
 
 
Kat,
I am attending to Milongas in another continent, so I cannot say I agree or
disagree with you.
 
However, I can tell you the feeling I have about what goes on here in Italy.
 
Quite often, here, people who dance Tango dressed up like a "laid-back cool
rapper" are even more snotty than someone wearing a Tuxedo.
 
Many of them (not all of course) seem to dance tango to showoff, and their
way of dressing is like "Look, I am so good at dancing tango that I can
dress like a homeless instead of wearin' classical clothes".
 
Quite often, such people walk about 1 meter above the ground, transmitting
the feeling that they really feel "cool".
 
My point is that in my opinion (or at least my experience from this corner
of the world) the *really* laid back people are those that do not indulge
into extremes, either in tango style, nor in the way of dressing: quite
often, the most "ordinary-looking" person do not give importance to the
appearance or to the "showoff", but they rather try to enjoy the music and
creating harmony with the partner. 
 
And I agree with you that trying to dance with a smile on the face and a
little less seriousness is a big pus :-)