[Tango-L] Way too much kicking

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> wrote:


    Why is this being 'taught'?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYUv-4knVu4

    Would you want to be dancing behind this woman on a crowded floor?
    Or even not so crowded? Will she pull her kicks when more people
    are dancing or will she forget once in a while?



On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM, David Thorn <thorn-inside at hotmail.com> wrote:


     You should be so lucky!  Paula is a lovely, lovely dancer.  I
have danced with her on a floor so crowded that it was later compared
to "waiting in line" rather than dancing.  She certainly accommodates
her dance to the available space.  Do you see anybody around her in
the video?  Didn't think so.


Mario has a point. Paula may adapt her dance to floor conditions, but
what are the women observers learning from the demonstration? Are they
thinking 'This is an exhibition. I would never do this on a social
dance floor.' Or are they thinking 'This kicking is so cool. I wish I
could do that', and they won't have the opportunity to give an
exhibition defined as such so instead they will do their exhibition on
the social dance floor.

There is way way too much kicking in the air occurring on the social
dance floor these days, even in Buenos Aires, by tourists who have
learned it here and there but not learned the social codes of the
milonga, specifically - keep you feet on the floor and dance within
your frame.


On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> wrote:


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBREIWVDrXs&feature=related
    Some have not seen videos of Mamie + Carlitos and if not
    you are missing something brilliant. Here is a performance
    of a familiar Vals in which they show 'mastery' of the dance.



Sorry, Mario. Mamie's boleos don't exactly hug the floor either.
'Tango milonguero' it isn't. This is how the milongueros dance vals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-nunHKNqs

If you can't see the beauty in this demo, you're dancing the wrong dance.

Ron