[Tango-L] Men's strategies

[sherpal1@aol.com]

Gordon, you are correct, but also you will see some of the worst 
dancers in the middle too.....beware..sherrie


-----Original Message-----
From: Gordon Erlebacher <gerlebacher at fsu.edu>
To: tango-l at mit.edu
Sent: Sat, Jun 18, 2011 1:06 pm
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Men's strategies


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.
>
> Andrew W. RYSER SZYMAÑSKI,
> 23b All Saints Road,
> London, W11 1HE,
> 07944 128 739.
>
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--
Gordon Erlebacher
Department of Scientific Computing
gerlebacher at fsu.edu

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