[Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviours and protocols

[rcgimmi@aol.com]

Hahaha!
 
Read the article about tango that appeared in National Geographic a couple of years ago.  The photos that accompanied the story were taken in BsAs.  The author said that they weren't allowed to bring cameras into a few of the milongas because the cameras might catch "people dancing with people they aren't supposed to dance with."
 
BTW, one strategy that couples can use to increase the number of dances they get in BsAs is to split up and sit in the singles section.  You can dance with your regular partner and maybe get a few with the locals, too.  
 
Sorry to report that women who arrive with partners are often regarded as their partner's property and left alone.
 
Catch is:  don't come in separately, sit separately and then leave the venue together at the same time.  Leave separately and meet out on the sidewalk or close by the entrance.  Otherwise, the woman can wind up with a bad reputation.  This matters if you go back to the same milonga and crowd on another evening,
 
-R








-----Original Message-----
From: Ruben Malan <rubenmalan at comcast.net>
To: Tango-L at mit.edu
Sent: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 9:42 am
Subject: [Tango-L] Social-ethical behaviours and protocols


This question may be superfluous for some, and perhaps controversial for many, 
ut I'm wondering if there is any known written or unwritten code of ethics 
egarding girlfriends  and boyfriends, fiancés, husbands and wives proper 
ehaviors Not only among themselves but  dancing with other partners also. Are 
here any traditional unspoken rules at the Buenos Aires Milongas regarding how 
ccompanied women or men should behave with the opposite sex (or same sex) 
asual partners, without falling in the "questionable" or  "excess" category?  
Is there any observed difference in USA or Europe?

El Urugua en Tally
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