[Tango-L] open and close embrace

[steve pastor]

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.  Shouldn’t 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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