4512  Climbing a Tree Embrace

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:27:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Trini y Sean \(PATangoS\)" <patangos@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Climbing a Tree Embrace

--- Iron Logic <railogic@yahoo.com> wrote:

> When a woman, having placed one of her feet on the foot
> of her lover, and the other on one of his thighs, passes
> one of her arms round his back, and the other on his
> shoulders, makes slightly the sounds of singing and
> cooing, and wishes, as it were, to climb up him in order
> to have a kiss, it is called an embrace like the
> 'climbing of a tree'.

I watched a couple doing something similar at our Friday
night milonga to a slow alternative piece, and it was great
to watch! Had everyone mesmerized. We all applauded at
the end. It was very late in the milonga, lots of space,
"play time". I hadn't seen anything like it before. I
guess it would be called liquid tango.

What was particularly appealing was that it was the woman
initiating the movements and the man responding. It was
good to see a woman express herself so freely when dancing.
Definitely a sensual connection in an open embrace.

Trini de Pittsburgh


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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:22:19 -0700
From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk@virtuar.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Climbing a Tree Embrace

I have seen similar to this in a volcanic and never-the-less very classical
dance of wonderful Jorge Nel and Tara Fortier at Portland's Tango Fest last
year.

Igor.

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:51 +0100 (BST)
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@chrisjj.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Climbing a Tree Embrace
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com

> > having placed one of her feet on the foot of her lover,
> > and the other on one of his thighs, passes one of her
> > arms round his back, and the other on his shoulders...

is described by Trini as

> Definitely a sensual connection in an open embrace.

In /open/ embrace?

Hmm...

Is she a squid? ;)

Chris

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 23:49:24 +0900
From: "astrid" <astrid@ruby.plala.or.jp>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Climbing a Tree Embrace
Cc: tl2@chrisjj.com

When I started to learn tango, I realised a few months later, when Ezequiel
taught something like this in class, that this is the only step I know how
to do because I have known it for years.
When Ezequiel had me try this on him, he exclaimed in feigned
surprise:"Excellente !" and had a big grin on his face.

But pray tell, how can you do this in tango when the woman is standing on
the man's foot? Is this a new way to get him to stop moving to prepare for
this adorno?

; )
Astrid

> > > having placed one of her feet on the foot of her lover,
> > > and the other on one of his thighs, passes one of her
> > > arms round his back, and the other on his shoulders...
>
> is described by Trini as
>
> > Definitely a sensual connection in an open embrace.
>
> In /open/ embrace?
>
> Hmm...
>
> Is she a squid? ;)
>
> Chris