2368 rhapsodic tango
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:24:03 -0500
From: Frank Williams <frankw@MAIL.AHC.UMN.EDU>
Subject: rhapsodic tango
Friends,
Tim and Jackie carry on...
>>Thank you Jackie, so much for telling us your feeling
when you're in the zone. I sent a copy of your post to
many of the people I know and are trying to learn tango.
I hope it makes them think of what they are trying to achieve.<<
My reaction does not refer to Tim or Jackie personally.
I think it's deceptively easy to get swept away by the music.
One need not be a skilled dancer To be swept away by lovely
tango music. In fact, I think that 'zone' has more
to do with one's motivation to dance than with one's adequacy
as a leader. [Which is why I may have been guilty of this
myself, at one time] Too often one sees "tango rapture"
apparently used as a cover for ungracious floor craft.
"Look out for (or *AT*) ME. I'm in tango heaven!"
Riiiiight... The generosity they exploit is not infinite.
First things first. In the milonga, that sweet 'zone' of tango
rhapsody is for leaders who a) don't cause trouble and b) can
work with the same amount of space as everybody else to maintain
the flow.
Best,
Frank - Mpls.
Frank G. Williams, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
frankw@umn.edu
612-625-6441
Department of Neuroscience
6-145 Jackson Hall
321 Church St. SE.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
1971 Commonwealth Ave.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:08:28 -0700
From: jackie ling wong <jackie.wong@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: rhapsodic tango
Too often one sees "tango rapture"
> apparently used as a cover for ungracious floor craft.
> "Look out for (or *AT*) ME. I'm in tango heaven!"
i know what you mean....and look at the mirrow while they're doing it...
but, when i personally "zone", there doesn't even feel as if there's a "me"
and generally it's so quiet and peaceful and relaxed that you would have to
look closely to notice. my friends say that they can tell when i zone...i
get a mona lisa smile..:-)
jackie
www.tangopulse.net
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:24 AM
Subject: [TANGO-L] rhapsodic tango
> Friends,
>
> Tim and Jackie carry on...
>
> >>Thank you Jackie, so much for telling us your feeling
> when you're in the zone. I sent a copy of your post to
> many of the people I know and are trying to learn tango.
> I hope it makes them think of what they are trying to achieve.<<
>
> My reaction does not refer to Tim or Jackie personally.
>
> I think it's deceptively easy to get swept away by the music.
> One need not be a skilled dancer To be swept away by lovely
> tango music. In fact, I think that 'zone' has more
> to do with one's motivation to dance than with one's adequacy
> as a leader. [Which is why I may have been guilty of this
> myself, at one time] Too often one sees "tango rapture"
> apparently used as a cover for ungracious floor craft.
> "Look out for (or *AT*) ME. I'm in tango heaven!"
> Riiiiight... The generosity they exploit is not infinite.
>
> First things first. In the milonga, that sweet 'zone' of tango
> rhapsody is for leaders who a) don't cause trouble and b) can
> work with the same amount of space as everybody else to maintain
> the flow.
>
> Best,
>
> Frank - Mpls.
>
>
> Frank G. Williams, Ph.D.
> University of Minnesota
> frankw@umn.edu
> 612-625-6441
>
> Department of Neuroscience
> 6-145 Jackson Hall
> 321 Church St. SE.
> Minneapolis, MN 55455
>
> Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
> 1971 Commonwealth Ave.
> St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:34:24 EDT
From: LGMoseley@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: rhapsodic tango
In a message dated 07/04/2004 18:11:17 GMT Daylight Time,
jackie.wong@VERIZON.NET writes:
> Too often one sees "tango rapture"
> >apparently used as a cover for ungracious floor craft.
> >"Look out for (or *AT*) ME. I'm in tango heaven!"
>
> i know what you mean....and look at the mirrow while they're doing it...
>
> but, when i personally "zone", there doesn't even feel as if there's a "me"
> and generally it's so quiet and peaceful and relaxed that you would have to
> look closely to notice. my friends say that they can tell when i zone...i
> get a mona lisa smile..:-)
> jackie
> www.tangopulse.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Williams" <frankw@MAIL.AHC.UMN.EDU>
> To: <TANGO-L@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 9:24 AM
> Subject: [TANGO-L] rhapsodic tango
>
>
> >Friends,
> >
> >Tim and Jackie carry on...
> >
> >>>Thank you Jackie, so much for telling us your feeling
> >when you're in the zone. I sent a copy of your post to
> >many of the people I know and are trying to learn tango.
> >I hope it makes them think of what they are trying to achieve.<<
> >
> >My reaction does not refer to Tim or Jackie personally.
> >
> >I think it's deceptively easy to get swept away by the music.
> >One need not be a skilled dancer To be swept away by lovely
> >tango music. In fact, I think that 'zone' has more
> >to do with one's motivation to dance than with one's adequacy
> >as a leader. [Which is why I may have been guilty of this
> >myself, at one time] Too often one sees "tango rapture"
> >apparently used as a cover for ungracious floor craft.
> >"Look out for (or *AT*) ME. I'm in tango heaven!"
> >Riiiiight... The generosity they exploit is not infinite.
> >
> >First things first. In the milonga, that sweet 'zone' of tango
> >rhapsody is for leaders who a) don't cause trouble and b) can
> >work with the same amount of space as everybody else to maintain
> >the flow.
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Frank - Mpls.
> >
> >
> >Frank G. Williams, Ph.D.
> >University of Minnesota
> >frankw@umn.edu
> >612-625-6441
> >
> >Department of Neuroscience
> >6-145 Jackson Hall
> >321 Church St. SE.
> >Minneapolis, MN 55455
> >
> >Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
> >1971 Commonwealth Ave.
> >St. Paul, Minnesota 55108
> >
>
Yes - there is no necessary relation between how you feel and how you look.
Some of the most dangerous dancers are those who moon around, looking as though
they are on Prozac, taking minute steps and blocking all the couples behind
them. It is not only men, or even men who step backwards, who cause problems
for the rest of us.
I enjoy the "zone" - but tend to get into it only when dancing in my kitchen
at home.
Laurie
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 14:19:27 -0400
From: Tanguero Chino <tanguerochino@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: Re: rhapsodic tango
LGMoseley@AOL.COM wrote:
>Some of the most dangerous dancers are those who moon around,
>looking as though they are on Prozac, taking minute steps and
>blocking all the couples behind them. .....
>I enjoy the "zone" - but tend to get into it only when dancing
>in my kitchen at home.
Congratulations, you have a good partner.
I have had memorable dances flying across the floor leading ganchos, high boleos, stepping every which way. But that was done only when the floor is almost empty, and the music and my partner call for it. I remember having one of thos dances with someone who does a lot of performances, and we had a great time.
However, no matter how good that experience was, it does not come close to the dances in which I fall into a tango trance. The rest of the room melts into the peripheral. The center of the universe is the music and my partner. Our feet are painting the floor, in small brush stroks, sometimes repainting the same area over and over again.
You might be missing something great by dismissing those who "moon around".
tango dancing is not a race
relax, and enjoy that embrace
no need to charge, nor to get around
flow with the music, and trango trance will be found
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