4251  Axis vs. Balance (4)
I've read the "off axis" messages. I got the impression that some were using balance and axis synonymously. They're not. Here's an experiment. Take a belt with a heavy buckle. Put the end without...

4252  Getting to Expert (14)
format=flowed Interesting article in the New York Times about expertise and excellence: I would like to highlight one paragraph out of the longer quote: Sounds about right for tango... I'm quoting...

4253  please subscribe (1)
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4254  Axis - Bold as Love (1)
I wonder what Jimi was thinking then ? (Mel)

4255  3 stages of growth in Tango (1)
format=flowed Just as in life. I have observed there are at least 3 stages of growth in Tango. The Baby is open to learning with wide eyed anticipation. Experience can generally extend up to 1 or...

4256  Close Embrace Videos (1)
Some time back I asked list members to recommend good videos for beginning tango. I was actually referring to salon-style tango, and I mentioned that we had seen practically all of those published,...

4257  A man and a woman, la marca (4)
I often wonder why people outside Argentina call the dancing partners "lead" "leader" and "follow" "follower". As Astrid says those terms are abstract functional denominations. Tango, like the other...

4258  Conceptual tangos (1)
Hmmm, no Gabriel, I do not have a "concept" of what I am going to be led through before it happens. There have been times when I have executed some movement and had a sort out of body experience...

4259  Is tango the only cross-footed dance (5)
I've heard quite a few times that Argentine Tango is the only dance where partners may step on same foot at same time. Is this in fact, actually true??? I know extremely little about any other forms...

4260  finish for dance floor (1)
hello esteemed tango construction experts, I am still trying to figure out the details for my in-home dance floor. I am planning on a solid oak floor (over plywood, over the pads, over sealed concrete)...

4261  Energy -- Grabbing the Floor. (3)
Evan Wallace writes: When used by tango teachers from Argentina, "energy" means tensing the muscles. Neeraj Korde writes: It means curling your toes as if you were grabbing the floor. In as much as your... Michael Figart II writes: Several years ago, the late Hern?n Obispo...

4262  Axes, balance and physics (1)
This thread is reminiscent of the discussion of "syncopation" in which some dancers used a well-established musical term in an inappropriate way. Experienced dancers may find the discussion of axes,...

4263  Looking for demo advice (5)
Listeros, By an extremely weird confluence of events, I might have to give a short tango demo. Now, I've not been dancing that long and the context is that this is part of a documentary about me in...

4264  Technical vs Sensual (23)
"Last night, when we practiced, I had to stop everything and exchange roles with him so that I was the man and he was the woman just so I could show him how to lead because he was getting so caught...

4265  please insert line breaks into your messages!!! (3)
Dear publishers, I am sure you want know how your messages are presented. I am sure you care about it. And you want it to be perceived positively, in the best possible manner. Look at this example in...

4266  CARLOS' BLOG IS UP! (1)
My Peoples, I have a lot to say! Always have, always will! Those that know me know that I am very outspoken and very opinionated. Therefore, I have begun my own blog. To read my blog and subscribe...

4267  Lodging in BA (1)

4268  Looking for apartment in Buesnos Aires (1)
Hola, I hope you are well. Do you know anyone who can rent me a furnished 1 bedroom or studio for 4 months, at reasonable price, November 14 to March 14, 2007. I need air condition and fast internet...

4269  Tango in Long Branch NJ? (1)
Anyone one the nearest milonga to Long Branch, New Jersey??? thanks, I.

4270  EU-W: visiting Paris ... teacher for private ? (1)
All, I will be visiting Paris on May 19th to May 22nd, I would appreciate is someone recommend me some Milonga a/o other Tango activities for that period in Paris I would also would love to book a couple...

4271  Argentine tango is a matter of experience, not (4)
Technical vs Sensual - Where are the Engineers from? Dear Chris: "If almost any ***** in Bs As could dance tango, how difficult can it be?" I agree with you. The above statement is exactly right. Argentine...

4272  Self-Videotaping doing the Tango (3)
Last night in class, it came to me: videotape my partner and I dancing. I think it's probably the only way I can get my partner to understand what problems I was having with his leading and his footwork....

4273  Derik vs El bandido re Argentina (3)
El bandido wrote about Derik: "Your original posts said: "Many Argentines have been dancing for twenty years to sixty years or more..." I responded that a vast majority of Argentines don't dance tango...

4274  La morocha argentina (1)
Friends from tango list take a break from the daily discussion, let me introduce you to the real " morocha argentina". This is a today`s photo at Vienna, this young woman is from Entre Rios Province,...

4275  how to lead the morocha argentina (2)
this is an educational video !!! I wonder what school of tango belongs this bodyguard that came running, but stops just to soflty takes the morocha argentina by the side, made her a salida americana...