[Tango-L] open and close embrace
steve pastor
tang0man2005 at yahoo.com
Sat Jul 21 15:38:13 EDT 2007
Yes, we should be comfortable in all aspects of the dance.
(I'm reluctant to add fluidity to that sentence, because my
"fluency" might be your "boy, he has a limited vocabulary".)
It is unfortunate that people become so dogmatic about one
or another style. Who creates the climate that induces this
dogmatism? Well, I have a theory or two, but am reluctant to
point fingers.
One thought is that perhaps the T shirt was meant to be
humorous. In the country western world, there is a saying
that "real cowboys don't line dance". Well, real cowboys
can't line dance. And there is the humor of it.
I love dancing apilado close embrace. And sometimes my
enthusiasm for that style is perceived as a dismissal of other
styles. It is nowhere as easy to learn to do well, however,
than the apparently easy to do "close embrace".
Is another long dicussion of styles inevitable?
Steve
original post
I feel that both close and open embrace serve different andequally
important functions. Shouldnât we as dancers be comfortable andfluent in
all aspects of the dance? If so, what are the benefits ofcriticizing
and dismissing one style over the other?
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