[Tango-L] tango and rhythm 3

[larrynla@juno.com]

The natural rhythm of the tango has several profound consequences.

One is that learning to dance tango at the most basic level is fairly 
easy.  You just embrace your partner and walk around the dance floor to 
the music.  Well, easy at first.  When you become an advanced dancer 
you may do what many before you have done - return to the most basic 
level and start again, this time paying attention to subtleties you may 
not have even been able to notice when you began tango.  As milonguero 
Puppy Castello said, "Figures are easy; walking is hard."

One other is that, not having to focus on a difficult rhythm such as 
West Coast Swing's slow-slow-quickity-quick, you have more time to 
focus on your embrace and the person in it, other people sharing the 
floor, and the music.  The intimacy of the first of those is why it is 
possible in tango to feel so much depth of emotion in a simple dance.

Another consequence is that it is easier to recover from mistakes made 
while dancing, something everyone does no matter how great they are.  
We've had decades of practice recovering to a simple walk.  We may even 
come to welcome mistakes, as proof that we have the courage to risk 
adventures.  And discover new ways of dancing in the midst of the 
recovery.  And gain confidence in our ability to meet challenges.

Another is that if a simple walk becomes boring we already have many 
tricks to enliven it.  We can add adornos between each step by tapping 
the floor with the ball or toe of our foot (golpes and golpecitos).  Or 
giving little kicks in front of or behind or beside our supporting foot 
(or larger kicks when the traffic allows.): amagues, boleos, and so on.  
We can play with the rhythm.  We can play with our relationship with 
our partner, perhaps by walking to their left or right rather than with 
our right (or rarely left) leg inside their legs.

And if we grow tired or faint-hearted or aware of an annoyed partner 
tired of our foolishments we can always retreat to the basics.  Or if a 
sad tango is being played we can express sorrow by dancing with simple 
but deeply-felt emotion, remembering those people away from us, perhaps 
forever.

Larry de Los Angeles
http://ShapechangerTales.com



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