[Tango-L] Some thoughts on connection

[Gordon Erlebacher]

Those are my feelings as well. And to achieve this, one needs to develop technical skills, from which, good connection ensues. 

  Gordon


----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Youngson <youngson at adam.com.au>
Date: Monday, November 8, 2010 6:56 am
Subject: [Tango-L] Some thoughts on connection
To: tango-l at mit.edu

> Here are some thoughts that I picked up from my BsAs teacher and 
> ladies in the traditional milongas in Buenos Aires recently; they 
> certainly give much food for thought and are provocative in making 
> us re-evaluate our dancing.
> 1.       The man & the woman need to be able to dance independently 
> in order to achieve true connection.  
> 
> 2.       The woman needs to help the man just as much as he helps 
> her (for example, in turns).
> 
> 3.       If the woman is going to relax in the dance, she needs to 
> feel secure.  
> 
> 4.       To achieve connection in tango, the man & the woman need 
> to dance as equals.  
> 
> 5.       In tango, the man proposes, the woman responds, then he 
> follows her.
> 
> Bob Y
> Tango Salón Adelaide
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