[Tango-L] Men's strategies

[sherpal1@aol.com]

Micheal, this is wonderful, i am glad you shared it with the list....I 
have one issue to disagree with...often in BA , the next tanda with a 
new partner is pre arranged on the dancefloor. AS  men  are dancing 
with one woman, they are signaling  to another women with whom they 
want to dance for the next tanda...many of these arrangements are made 
ahead of time, way before the cortina, while the people are dancing 
with other partners...very interesting, sherrie


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
To: sherpal1 at aol.com
Cc: TANGO-L at mit.edu; Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
Sent: Thu, Jun 16, 2011 8:19 pm
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Men's strategies


Hello Sherie:
BA milongas are not like US milongas so I'll stick to BA now.
1) Don't look like a foreigner. Argentines dance in their street shoes. 
A man changing his shoes at his table is a give away that he is a 
foreigner.
 
2) Dress nicely and don't look like a slob. Nicely is defined as tuck 
your shirt in and don't wear dungarees, especially if they are worn and 
torn.
 
3) Be patient. Observe the milonga and the social dynamics for the 
first hour. Notice that everybody clears the floor during the cortina 
and women aren't asked to dance before the music of the next tanda 
begins. Notice the simple vocabulary.
 
4) Understand cabeceo before you arrive at the milonga. Find the woman 
you want to dance with and look at her WITH A SMILE on your face. 
Nobody wants to dance with a grumpy person.
 
 5) Know some Spanish because couples don't immediately start dancing 
when the next tango in the tanda begins. Your partner will say 
something. Be prepared.
 
Michael
I danced with the Argentines- - in Argentina


 
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 5:51 PM, <sherpal1 at aol.com> wrote:

When men visit a community outside of their home base, or when they go 
to dance in BsAs, what strategies do you use to get women to return 
your cabaceo and start dancing with you?  What do you do to get that 
first dance that gives other women an idea of what kind of dancer you 
are?   How do you get your dancing ball rolling?  Sherrie
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