[Tango-L] Men's strategies

[Gordon Erlebacher]

There are no rules that hold for everybody all the time.

"So if you are any good you will be in the outer lane, close to the tables"


Tete was obviously good, and could dance with whomever he wished. 
Nonetheless, he often chose to dance in the middle and not on the outer 
lane because of his preferred style of dancing (particularly the vals). 
Others did the same (I am not talking about foreigners). Why people 
choose to dance along the outer lane which is sometimes extremely 
crowded is hard for me to understand. Of course, when there is a little 
space, it is different. Ultimately, while there is general 
etiquette/codigos, they are evolving, have always evolved, and always 
will. These "rules" are also somewhat a function of location, day of the 
week, etc.

     Gordon



On 6/18/11 12:46 PM, Andrew RYSER SZYMAÑSKI wrote:
> --- On Fri, 17/6/11, hbboogie1 at aol.com<hbboogie1 at aol.com>  wrote:
>
>
> .......when a man dances he must 'PUT ALL THE MEAT ON
>> THE FIRE" this means he must give all of his attention to
>> the music and the woman he has in his arms at the moment.
>> Any man, no matter what his name is disrespecting the woman
>> he's dancing with if he's paying attention to another woman
>> while dancing. If he's doing it to someone else probably
>> doing the same thing while he's dancing with you,this is
>> total disrespect for you. What are you thinking about while
>> dancing, are you checking out the other men figuring out who
>> you want to dance with next? Think about it!
> It's not just the music&  the woman! Part of "PUT ALL THE MEAT ON
> THE FIRE" involves navigating, making sure you don't run her into the furniture or other couples. So you need to keep your eyes wide open, including lateral vision. So if you are any good you will be in the outer lane, close to the tables, and you can't help seeing those sitting at said tables. It's your job. You would be dumb not to spot an invitation from at least 2/3 women each time you go round the floor. So, yes, the woman does the first move; the man eventually responds; if he doesn't, he either doesn't want to know, or he is too dim&  hasn't noticed, In which case she doesn't want to know him either&  good riddance with no time wasting being tortured on the floor.
>
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-- 
Gordon Erlebacher
Department of Scientific Computing
gerlebacher at fsu.edu