5821 Codigos ?...historia?
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:37:46 +0000
From: Sergio Vandekier <sergiovandekier990@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Codigos ?...historia?
To: Tango-L List <tango-l@mit.edu>
I just found something about "Cortinas" their origin which I wrote in 2001.
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:25:16 +0000
From: c.roques@mchsi.com
Subject: [Tango-L] codigos
To: TANGO-L@mit.edu
<102920091325.2624.4AE997BC000E84C400000A40223045151403010CD2079C080C03BF9C0A9A9E019DD20C@mchsi.com>
tony wrote:
<<i felt empathy with all your points save the last. my experience here
in bs.as is that after the tanda has started, couples entering the
floor tend to force their way into the line of dance and from that i
felt the codigo was that couples already on the floor were obliged to
allow latecomers in. for example, dance on the spot rather than moving
forward and colliding with the newcomers. interesting>>
My experience is that it goes both ways, i.e. if someone is entering the floor and dancing couples see them, then they may slow down and let them enter, or not, depending on the traffic, but by the same token if the entering couple notices that the dancers are not aware of them then they should yield and carefully enter. It may mean waiting for a second or two but it is basically common courtesy and similar to entering a busy automobile lane.
cheers,
Charles
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:25:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alberto Gesualdi <clambat2001@yahoo.com.ar>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] codigos
To: tango-l@mit.edu
the problem I see in this situation, and happens , is when there is a couple sitting a table close to the dancing floor.
It is very unusual ( I do this with my wife), that the couple carefully choses one corner of the dancing floor to make their entry, usually they simply jump in , with all the unconveniences this produce, when the tanda has already started,the first tango/milonga/valsecito has ended , and the second is already in motion.
To place oneself at one corner of the dancing floor is a way to see , the opportunity to enter into "the car lane" as charles comparison remarks.
alberto
--- El jue 29-oct-09, c.roques@mchsi.com <c.roques@mchsi.com> escribi?:
> De: c.roques@mchsi.com <c.roques@mchsi.com>
> Asunto: [Tango-L] codigos
> Para: TANGO-L@mit.edu
> Fecha: jueves, 29 de octubre de 2009, 11:25 am
> tony wrote:
>
> <<i felt empathy with all your points save the last.
> my experience here
> in bs.as is that after the tanda has started, couples
> entering the
> floor tend to force their way into the line of dance and
> from that i
> felt the codigo was that couples already on the floor were
> obliged to
> allow latecomers in. for example, dance on the spot rather
> than moving
> forward and colliding with the newcomers.
> interesting>>
>
> My experience is that it goes both ways, i.e. if someone is
> entering the floor and dancing couples see them, then they
> may slow down and let them enter, or not, depending on the
> traffic, but by the same token if the entering couple
> notices that the dancers are not aware of them then they
> should yield and carefully enter. It may mean waiting for a
> second or two but it is basically common courtesy and
> similar to entering a busy automobile lane.
> cheers,
> Charles
>
>
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Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:08:17 +1100
From: Roger Edgecombe <edgecombe_r@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] codigos
To: tango-l@mit.edu
c.roques@mchsi.com wrote:
> <snip>
> if the entering couple notices that the dancers are not aware of them
> then they should yield and carefully enter. It may mean waiting for a
> second or two but it is basically common courtesy and similar to
> entering a busy automobile lane.
> cheers,
> Charles
This whole situation can be avoided by the male engaging in conversation
with his partner, reversing bum-first into the line of dance with no
heed to traffic, standing and finishing the conversation at leisure, by
which time he has ample space in front, and congestion behind - but hey,
mission-accomplished. :(
