1212  Passion and dancing

Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 17:43:03 -0400
From: Tanguero Chino <tanguerochino@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject: Passion and dancing

Bibi Wong <bibibwong@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

>I agree that tango is about passion, but is "passion" only be limited by
>the feeling between men and women?

>Tango to me is another form of communication, regardless of the gender,
>age and race of the partner.

In this context, the passion is between the dancing partners, whoever they are. Age, race, etc. play no part.

>If you take the time to understand the music, they tell stories of love,
>hate, country and politics, hope, teasing, jokes and more. The nonvocal
>music also covers equally wide range of emotions.

Fortunately, I do understand Spanish, and do respond to the lyrics. I also respond strongly to instrumental musics if the mood is right. However, my reactions are very different than when I am dancing.

When I dance, I try to convey my feelings and share them with my partner. When I am just listening, those feelings are internalized.

>Technicality is like speaking a language with proper pronounciation and
>grammer, so that our idea is understood by our partner.

Yes, but more important is that the partners speak at the same level, both physically and emotionally. I've had great dances with one partner, followed in the same tanda by so-so dances with the same partner, because our emotional connection was lost somewhere in between songs.

Having good techniques, and being experienced in those techniques, allows us to concentrate on the emotional connection. One cannot be thinking about techniques and steps and still be totally connected emotionally. That is also why most "good" dancers adapt a basic set of steps that they use all the time, "forget" about their execution, and just try to connect at the emotional level. [That's my excuse, anyway, for not doing fancy steps. ;-)]

>I have also danced with some handsome male partners
>with great technicality but unfortuantely we never clicked.

See above.


Passionate tangos to all

Tanguero Chino


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