[Tango-L] Men's strategies

[Gordon Erlebacher]

Absolutely Sherry, mostly because dancing on the edge is not easy if crowded, and the poor dancers get "coerced" into the center. I've been there :-)

    Gordon

> 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 
> outerlane 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 
> littlespace, 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 
> thefurniture 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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