3002  Fandango Tango - couple impressions more

Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:20:07 +0000
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Fandango Tango - couple impressions more

Where else but at tango festival can one wander into a passionate discussion
of close vs. open embrace, which touches on physicality of the dance,
universal estrangement, love, masturbation and Plato. Delicious hour. Way to
go Tango Leva.

There are some good looking dancers in Dallas. You could see thirteen of
them at very well made Tango calendar by Candice White
(https://candicewhite.com/). I had similar, but different idea for a tango
calendar, she had actually done it. Inspired like me by "Calendar Girls".

Saturday overnight milonga.

The milonga should have been billed show with a bit of milonga. I had to
drive back to Colorado on Sunday. That meant I needed some sleep. That in
turn meant I had to leave milonga before 2 AM. Due to some evil DJing by
Robin I had to stay till 2:30 - how can one leave when Sacale Punta is
playing? I had to rush out the room after the song in case he decided to
play Corazon de Oro next).

I do enjoy watching other people dance but prefere much more to dance
myself. Instead, I had to watch for two hours some tango performances plus
violin performance by eight year old prodigy plus neverending rumbling
perfomance by host who happened to be in love with his head microphone. ?
You can tell that I felt a bit cranky about having to leave without being
worn out by dancing. It's good to have a 10-15 minutes break after several
hours of dancing. This is what they do in BsAs an it feels about right.
However when break drags for two hours it overwhelms the rest of the
activity.

Clay pointed out that unlike Portland festival the show attracts many paying
non-dancing spectators. Good for them and possibly good for tango marketing
but what about me, who simply wants to explore tango geography by dancing
with partners from around the country?


Cheers, Oleh K.

https://TangoSpring.com

PS Sacale Punta is milonga by Donato - one of those songs, which are worth
seeking and my favorite milonga at present.