[Tango-L] Chicken Little

[David Hodgson]

The point I was getting at is that the walk is (Ahem) the meat and bones of
dancing tango. The swaying hips are an accent to expression, attraction,
embellishments plus it can be sexy as hell or an absolutely a turnoff. When
one relies on the hip movements as the basis for their dance they really
lose the point.
As far as the performance example that was mentioned. It does not matter if
one is in a Broadway show, stripper or street walker. If someone in these
professions do not learn to move their hips, then they are more than likely
going to have one less asset to sell (one less asset, more chance of having
to eat mac and cheese dinners), and let's face it sex sells very well.

Robin why do the guys have lots to say.
1: We watch this
2: Most of the men on this list are attracted to the female of the species
and can appreciate what they do not have or can do.
3: Well... they are guys.

And the last thought, I have to say my hips move quite well...

Off to get ready for dance (because a Follow in my embrace is much more
interesting and pleasurable than talking over the binary of email).

Zorrito





-----Original Message-----
From: Robin Tara [mailto:rtara at maine.rr.com] 
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 11:29 AM
To: steve pastor; David Hodgson; Tango L list
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Chicken Little

Gee, you guys sure have a lot to say about women's hip movements. What about
your own hips??




> From: steve pastor <tang0man2005 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:21:23 -0800 (PST)
> To: David Hodgson <DHodgson at tangolabyrinth.com>, Tango L list
> <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Chicken Little
> 
> Oh, but, David, I have a friend who used to dance professionally in
musicals.
> She was often
>   required to affect the sexy looking, exaggerated hip movement like those
> runway models 
>   (think "Sweet Charity"). It got to the point that she could barely walk
due
> to problems with 
>   her back. She had to quit dancing, So, the exaggerated hip movement is
not
> very kind to the 
>   human body. And, shall we say, not biomechanically correct.
>   While taking salsa lessons I learned that the hip motion we associate
with
> that dance 
>   hapens when you step a certain way. Your pelvis drops automatically.
Women
> in the class 
>   asked if they weren't supposed to be wiggling their hips. The answer was
no.
> Your hips will 
>   move correctly if you step correctly.
> Just another example of someone observing something, and successfully
> recreating the 
>   look of the thing, rather than the essence of it.
> 
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