[Tango-L] Line of dance and respect

[HBBOOGIE1@aol.com]

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. 

If a couple stops for an extended periods  of time lets say one minute you 
now have a traffic jam behind them and a  humongous space between them and 
the couple ahead of them. There are many  skilled dancer that have no problem 
being creative in a small space without  moving forward however there comes 
a point where someone in the traffic jam is  going to make a move around 
the line do dance and that’s where the free for all  begins. There it is one 
disrespectful idiot versus fifty tango dancers and there  is nothing being 
done about it.  Think about a situation where one person  is disrupting 
something you paid good money for. Let’s say you and your date are  enjoying a 
movie and one guy is being offensive talking on his cell phone and  using 
vulgar language during the movie with no regard for anyone it the theatre.  Would 
something be done to get this guy removed…. in a heartbeat. What’s so  
different about tango? Why do we tolerate the idiots? What’s so bad about tango 
 police?


In a message dated 10/5/2010 7:48:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight  Time, 
rontango at rocketmail.com writes:
----- Original Message ----

>  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