[Tango-L] Dancing with old guys

[Nina Pesochinsky]

This is very simple - older men have more experience with women.  In 
every way.  They know better what to do with women in dance and in 
life.  And how to do it.

Men who have mastered the art of romance (because for women, 
seduction begins with romance), dance even better when they are older 
because they have more experience with that too.

For those who want to dance tango well in spite of their younger age, 
I recommend reading very carefully Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de 
Bergerac".  Or at least seeing the movie with Gerard Depardieu...  It 
has everything in it.

Cyrano was terribly vain.  He never showed up for Roxanne in life 
because of his vanily and fear of rejection.  He thought that she 
loved beauty and youth.  He could not see that she loved him.

Tango is the dance of Cyranos.  Young age and beautiful looks only go 
so far.  But can a man romance the woman?  The older men know things.

Nina


At 06:58 PM 10/16/2007, Deby Novitz wrote:
>Jake wrote:
>
>I must ask you, in all innocence... What's your opinion of the men who
>are now 45-63, and who (presumably) will soon be 65-83?
>Chance in hell?
>
>Deby responds:
>
>My former partner is 63, I think.  He dances incredibly.  There are many
>fine dancers in this age group.  There are many who are older that are
>disasters.  There is one young man I dance with who is I think 32.  He
>has been dancing I think 2 years or so.  Technically he has a way to
>go.  But the soul he puts into his dance is wonderful. He really feels
>the music.  It is not how old you are, or how long you have been
>dancing. Never.
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