[Tango-L] What to do when teh floor is tight

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:25 PM, larrynla at juno.com <larrynla at juno.com> wrote:
> I went to the welcome milonga held here in Portland Oregon at the
> Tango Fest. There were several hundred people so, despite the large
> floor, the crowd was tight. Not as much as the most popular milongas
> in Buenos Aires, but not much looser.
>
> Which brings up the question - what can you do to make a dance
> interesting when the floor is that tight?

For the crowded floor:

- Hold your partner close.
- Take small steps.
- Keep your feet on the floor.
- Stay in the line of dance.
- Do not move blindly in any direction. Only move in a direction where
space is opening (rather than closing).
- Keep moving when the ronda is moving. Do not stop the flow.
- Progress around the floor with turning patterns. Linear walks are
limited. Be prepared to change the direction of turns.

'Interesting' comes from creativity in varying the turns you use.
However, in the end it is the available space that dictates your
movements you can make.

This assumes variety of movement is what makes dancing 'interesting'.
Holding someone close in a small space can be interesting, too, in a
different way.

Ron