[Tango-L] For Tango-L: entering the floor

[Alberto Gesualdi]

Jeffrey

I have no entry for  "entering the floor" into the non existing book " Tango codes and rules of behaviour " :)


However, within the common sense and polite manners of a plain man , I feel encouraged to say that your procedure is good.

To place yourself and your dancing couple in a corner , is to make a bit more evident your joint wish to enter into the dancing floor.

And to have eye contact with a couple already in motion to your entry point, and have a nod of acnowledgement, is a gentle way to join a dancing floor.

Here in Buenos Aires, alas, is not the rule . usually couples sitting to a table near the dancing floor ... just feel the urge to dance and stomp into the dancing floor without previous notice, from their table.

On the couples that are arranged by eyesight /cabeceo , there is more politeness, since the man has to wait for the woman to approach him, and a corner is a good place for waiting, and to enter into the dancing floor.

When the dancing floor is crowded ... I have a friend that has  a saying " the first three, the last six " , he prefers to dance when the milonga starts, and then wait the floor to be not so crowded, which happens usually for the last part of the night . Is a particular behaviour, not offensive :)


un abrazo milonguero
alberto


 
--- El jue 18-feb-10, Jeffrey Maddox <maddox_jc at yahoo.com> escribió:

> De: Jeffrey Maddox <maddox_jc at yahoo.com>
> Asunto: [Tango-L] For Tango-L:  entering the floor
> Para: tango-l at mit.edu
> Fecha: jueves, 18 de febrero de 2010, 16:38
> Sandhill Crane notes that the
> Portland organizers put up signs instructing people to enter
> the floor at the corners.  I have been told that the
> corners are the place to enter the floor.  I have also
> been told the corners are the wrong place to try to enter
> because that is where a couple finally has room for a more
> expressive maneuver on a crowded floor.   
> Obviously contradictory information.  This raises a
> question:  Where and how have you been instructed to
> enter the floor?
> 
> I was instructed that good manners dictate that as I
> approach the floor, or stand at the side of the floor, I
> catch the eye of a lead coming down the floor to "ask" for
> space.  He gives me a slight nod or eye movement to let
> me know he understands.  Then he pauses to create a
> space into which I can lead my
> partner.   This way, he knows I am entering
> the floor and where.  It is a very civilized and can be
> done anywhere on the floor.  The leads work together to
> maintain decorum.
> 
> One of the biggest problems I've experienced across the US
> and in BA, is couples who barge onto the floor with no
> consideration.  They cram themselves in when you have
> your back turned, jump into the corners, and otherwise don't
> work well with others.  It makes navigation harder than
> it has to be.  It is terrible to come out of a giro and
> find another couple who weren't there before because they
> jumped onto the floor without appropriate space. And without
> appropriate notification.  
> 
> The St. Louis Hot Winter Tango 2009 had very poor
> navigation on Friday night but it was much better Saturday
> night.  Poor floor entering technique was a problem
> both nights though.
> 
> Thoughts on entering the floor?
> 
> Jeffrey Maddox  317.698.8088
> Bees, Trees, Plants and Dance
> 
> 
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