[Tango-L] Navigation (was: Using the social dance as THE model)

[Jack Dylan]

Sorry Tony; others might disagree but if you passed behind a dancer, 
within a single step, I'd say you were at least 50% to blame.

Good dancing is like good driving; you need to anticipate what the other 
dancer [or driver] might do and always err on the side of caution. Many
porteños in that position are likely to start with a back step, no matter 
what we might think is the 'correct' thing to do. You also put your partner 
in harm's way. Lesson learned, I hope.

Just my opinion.

Jack 



> From: tony parkes <macromagix at gmail.com>
> 
> i was dancing and decided to overtake a porteño who was just about to
> begin a tanda after everyone else, and like ruben lopez he was facing
> the tables and like ruben he began with a backward step.... and guess
> what, he bumped into me just as i was trying to dance around him...
> me, a poor innocent just trying to avoid someone who had lately joined
> the pista.
>