[Tango-L] Line of dance and respect

[RonTango]

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> From: "HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com" <HBBOOGIE1 at aol.com>

> ….  Any  dancer can slow up or stop the line of dance regardless 
> of what  style he’s  dancing however some styles are danced to specifically 
> disrupt the line of  dance. As a social dancer I try to always respect  the 
> line of dance but most of  the time when others are slowing or  stopping the 
> line of dance completely you  are forced to break the  codes yourself and dance 
>
> around the person causing the   problem

Dancing around a couple creates another problem - entering into the space of the 
dancers the next lane inward (assuming there is another lance) or into the 
Brownian motion in center of the floor. This is also a navigation hazard. The 
more appropriate thing to do is to become creative with turns (clockwise and 
counterclockwise) until the offending couple progresses. 


> Last you have  what I call the idiots this  is a very large group made up of 
> good  dancers bad dancers so called teachers  foreign and domestic. Some 
> have  been dancing for months some for years but the  common denominator they 
> share is a total disregard for the line of dance. This  group seems to  be 
> dancing for attention or to show the woman how skilled he  is.   This group 
>also 
>
> teaches on the dance floor and just can’t shut up and   dance. 

Are things getting that bad everywhere? I haven't seen too much of that lately 
because I choose where to dance based on the reputation of the milonga. But if 
this tango evolution resulting in the extinction of the ronda is what dances 
under the name of Argentine Tango today throughout the world, then those who 
abhor it can either quit tango or start having private tango parties and only 
inviting dancers who respect the ronda. The latter seems to be the preferred 
alternative.

Ron