[Tango-L] BsAs Floorcraft - How is it really?

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

I should add that the signaling was done with the eyes, which also adds to that whole machismo thing.  Perhaps when milongas were full of old people who basically knew each other, signalling was common and easy.  

Trini


--- On Mon, 1/11/10, Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net> wrote:

> From: Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] BsAs Floorcraft - How is it really?
> To: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Tango-L" <Tango-L at mit.edu>, "Michael" <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
> Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 12:27 PM
> Trini:
> I didn't see any signalling while I was in BA. I saw men
> running stop
> signs, red lights and not using directional signals to
> indicate they
> were changing lanes. When the music started, it took one
> minute (out
> of a 3 minute musical selection) before EVERYBODY was
> moving on the
> floor. Some people liked to talk more than dance. But at a
> BA
> traditional milonga, men and women are segregated so the
> only time at
> the milonga you can talk is when the music starts, which of
> course,
> jams up the traffic line.
> 
> Navigation skills are more important than any figure you
> can learn.
> Dancing at the Denver Tango Festival was excellent
> practice.
> 
> Michael
> Washington, DC
>