5635  Aerials in social dancing

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: NANCY <ningle_2000@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Aerials in social dancing



--- David Thorn <thorn-inside@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Actually, NOT acceptable socially. And rather
> dangerous.

And yet people do aerials socially. As a worst case
example: on my first tango trip to BsAs, in 1996,
there was a couple from the western US who, during a
swing tanda at a milonga, did several aerials in the
middle of the floor. Did they get away with it? Oh
yes, because the Argentines were too polite to
embarrass them, but I was embarrassed that these two
ballroom trained folks were so inconsiderate and so
egotistical. They did it several times at various
milongas. NOT what I had come to Argentina to see!

At least swing is a 'slot dance' and thus it did not
interrupt the ronda too much.

Nancy

Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:04:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jack Dylan <jackdylan007@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Aerials in social dancing


And yet .... in just about every other country that this
couple visits, their skills are probably appreciated and
applauded.

I mean - it was a Swing tanda with, presumably, a lot
of space available. So, why not? I don't see a problem.

Swing is not Tango. Different rules, different culture.

Jack

> From: NANCY <ningle_2000@yahoo.com>
>>
> And yet people do aerials socially.? As a worst case
> example:? on my first tango trip to BsAs, in 1996,
> there was a couple from the western US who, during a
> swing tanda at a milonga, did several aerials in the
> middle of the floor.? Did they get away with it?? Oh
> yes, because the Argentines were too polite to
> embarrass them, but I was embarrassed that these two
> ballroom trained folks were so inconsiderate and so
> egotistical.?
>