5351  [OT] jump blues [WAS OT Men|Women|Dancing Ability (1)
[WAS Re: Don't blame your follower] Hi Steve, we could get into an even-further off-topic discussion about quote-unquote swing music ("swing is a verb, not a noun. there is no such thing as swing music"...

5352  [OT][OT][OT] Prima (1)
Too late Doug! My nitpick to your nitpick to Steve's nitpick to my off-topic post is that Prima was active in ALL eras and jazz genres from 20's to 70's. Prima's versatility, sheer creative output and...

5353  the best teachers in the world (previously - (1)
Don't blame your follower) I am interested in what makes someone one of the 'best teachers in the world'. To my way of thinking, that is a pretty big claim and who you regard as the *best teacher...

5354  Close embrace question vs boleos question (1)
I think the difference in numbers of posts is perfectly understandable. This is a natural result of the relative difficulty of answering the questions. Defining boleos and contra boleos is relatively...

5355  Susana El Pial -- 15 years (1)
A few years ago a documentary film was made about Susana Minana and her milonga in Salon El Pial in Flores. This past Sunday was her 15th anniversary--not a small accomplishment for this tiny woman...

5356  Steps for close embrace in close quarters (5)
Ok, what the heck. I'll jump in. Steps/sequences for a beginner to do in close embrace on crowded dancefloors: First, the standby, walk. Just walk, with pauses and timing of step placement playing with...

5357  Tango Festival Buenos Aires rescheduled for winter (1)
2008 Dear friends from Tango list, this is a translation from the press conference given by new minister of culture from buenos aires gov ernment ( on december 9th there was a change of government...

5358  Teacher training by milongueros (2)
The number of those who advertise themselves as teaching tango milonguero or milonguero style in Buenos Aires is growing along with the demand. It is unfortunate that dancers actually believe they...

5359  pseudo-milongueros, time machine, extinction of (2)
milonguerAs, Marketing of Apocalyptic Tango Before start writing, I should clarify that I believe the experience of Milongueros and Milongueras is invaluable, and each day this precious life experience...

5360  pseudo-milongueros, time machine, extinction of (1)
milonguerAs, Marketing of Apocalyptic Tango Burak wrote: Thank you for giving credit to the milonguera!!! What is a milonguero / tango dancer / leader without the inspiration, the gracious beauty and...

5361  [OT?] New dance, same old issues. (2)
I have danced Tango for only one year, but have danced Balboa (an original swing dance out of the 1930's) for many years. The parallels, and especially the discussion topics, are amazing and probably...

5362  Extreme dancing (3)
(there are no tangos in this collection) Dan, Couple of more examles to the lovers of extreme dancing: Breakdance - ( with a large B ) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYFDYX4i2EY&feature=related men...

5363  Problem with iTunes (1)
format=flowed Attention all of you collectors of Tango music using iTunes, AT the last Milonga I DJed, I was asked to play ?A Media Luz.? I went to the alphabetical listing of songs and none of my versions...

5364  Inspiration and Imitation: role models (5)
It is often difficult and misleading to attempt to imagine how someone dances tango based on their posts to Tango-L. Even when two people agree in writing on style and philosophy, they may dance...

5365  Inspiration & Imitation (1)
Victor Bennetts wrote: steps and ends up with ESO!! For years now, when asked, I have told people that I "don't 'do' anything." This is my way of encouraging men to stop "adding" things - just find a way...

5366  Marcel Marceau dancing tango (4)
Here is Marcel Marceau dancing tango https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lF0XMCssG0 I just dream to dance like that! Igor Polk That was great!! Although his partner seemed a little drunk for a few moments.

5367  Videos of Soft Tango (1)
If anyone knows of videos of soft tango, I would love to know of them. I'll meet someone and want to send them to a link that shows a video of tango where it is not, at all, for show, but, just for...

5368  WTF?? How to post links?? (3)
So what should I do to post a long link? The video link that I posted left my laptop looking like a functional link. It seems to have arrived in a nearly useless state. You have to reassemble the...

5369  Don't blame the follower. (1)
I'm curios as to why there are so many discussions on the proper method of executing a Tango movement and yet I don't see such contention and detail regarding any of the movements in the Milonga (song/dance).

5370  If this was day one of your study of Tango.. (11)
If you had it to do all over again and you were just beginning your study of the A.T. dance. What would you do differently in order to save time and advance more directly to where you are now or beyond....

5371  Tango technique vs. Milonga technique (1)
As a newly obsessed learner (3mos.) of A.T., I find it startling the amount of controversy...

5372  Why isn't there much discussion about Milonga (1)
I'm curios as to why there are so many discussions on the proper method of executing a Tango movement and yet I don't see such contention and detail regarding any of the movements in the Milonga (song/dance)....

5373  Being "flamed by the list" (1)
As I have indicated in recent posts in the last weeks, the "no personal flaming" rule is being enforced, and it has made a noticeable difference. So ... it really depends on how good the poster is at...

5374  Puma Shoes (6)
Hi, Can anyone identify the MODEL of this PUMA shoe for me ? https://www.tangobliss.com/?pI2 (its the second subitem on the page and the first pic) The reason I ask is because I've seen some leaders...

5375  plantar fasciitis (7)
Actually, I stretch A LOT. I meant to send the Alexandertechnique links, in general, to the group. Thanks, though. And, by the way, my dancing, too, is night and day different with and without...