[Tango-L] floor craft -2

[Tine Herreman]

Hi all,

I have a 360 view like a radar because I do turn after turn, left and
right, combined with round ochos cortados, round side steps, rounded
everything.

I am a follower who leads. I am not afraid of a crowded floor. I am in
the outer lane at all times, preferably dancing in the wake of
somebody I trust (or somebody who by whatever strategy causes there to
be space around them :)), and when necessary I defend my ronda
position against aggressors using the bum nudge. I use the bum nudge
also on errant pedestrians who use the dance floor to get around or to
chat with each other, eg when the organizer neglects to leave a
walkway BEHIND the tables, causing pedestrians to clutter up the outer
lane.

It should not be necessary to overtake anybody if you have a good
position in the ronda. If you are behind an erratic driver who weaves,
zigzags or drift towards the middle, or who is clearly the cause of a
traffic jam, I say, overtake 'em.
Tine


On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 8:04 AM, Myk Dowling <politas at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 07/10/10 16:23, Jack Dylan wrote:
>> Interesting! I was told the opposite - that when overtaking is absolutely
>> necessary [for reasons already given], you should overtake on the inside
>> but never on the outside. The reason given was that, due to the embrace,
>> the man is blind on his right side and to overtake a man where he cannot
>> see you increases the risk of a collision. This makes sense to me. I was
>> also told that one reason why milongueros always dance in the outer ronda
>> is because of this 'blindness' on their right side, i.e. they know that there
>> are no dancers there to disturb him or his partner.
>>
> I would agree wholeheartedly with this. Someone sneaking past me on the
> outside when I'm in the outer ring causes more collisions than any other
> approach on the floor. I can see ahead and to my left. To my right, I
> keep track of how much space I have to the edge of the floor (or of my
> lane if I'm not on the outside ring). Nothing annoys me more than
> suddenly finding someone intruding into that (usually fairly small) space.
>
> Myk,
> in Canberra
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