551  Goodbye to Tango (29)
I've just about dropped out of tango. It's kind of - ironic? - because I've been so deeply involved with it, taking lots of lessons over the last dozen years, dancing 2 or 3 times a week, going... Larry and friends, "Larry E. Carroll" wrote: Lets not confuse "dropping out" with "moving on". Like a romantic relationship, tango can be a tremendous vehicle for self examination and self affirmation.... I had so many emails on this that I can't answer them individually....

552  bank freeze in Argentina (1)

553  A Tango perspective - especially for Larry Carroll (1)
Hi there everyone, and Larry in particular Sorry to hear the fire has dimmed a bit on your tango passion mate! Don't worry too much about it though, I've found that the feelings sometimes diminish a...

554  New songs inspired by Argentina 1976-1983 (1)
Hi, Tonight, I have witnessed the presentation of two new tango songs composed by Denis Plante and interpretated by his quatuor, the Tango Vivo de Montreal along with Sophie Lemaire as a young singer.

555  Tango at Chelsea Market, NYC (1)
I spent this last weekend in New York City and wanted to say how wonderful I found my adventures there. I particularly enjoyed my visit to Chelsea Market, the indoor venue for Saturday afternoon...

556  goodbyte to tango -welcome teenagers (2)
Dear friends from Tango list I keep thinking about comments of Larry Carroll , specially about being rejected by young women when asking them to dance. Last friday we went with a friend (he is more or...

557  Tango-L: Music Workshop? (1)
We've just had Susana Miller in Pittsburgh and were floored by how well she explained rhythm to us, got us to actually hear and dance to the music, and explained which music to dance to. Even though...

558  NO CATS?? :-( (2)
Hi Frank: I was thinking about sending you a comment about the meeting her cats line??? I saw it as a humorous line... --Steve "Frank G. <frankw@mail.ah ...

559  Refusing a dance (19)
LdLA mentioned being turned down too many times. Here in the land of "Minnesota Nice" women are encouraged to accept a dance with anyone. The reasoning is that there aren't enough men, their egos...

560  Good bye and teaching. (3)
A good tango experience (IMO) requires that both members of the couple wish to dance with each other. This has to result out of absolute free will as they both know that otherwise the result will...

561  Is it teaching OR coaching? (5)
I've read a number of messages dealing with teaching at milongas and that it shouldn't be done. Generally, I agree with that statement but now I wonder if that statement is absolute. At my last private...

562  ADMIN: change to subscription options (1)
The notice that everyone received about the change to subscription options is a followup to the virus warning from May 7. This should cause the ListServer to add "[TANGO-L]" to the subject line of every...

563  Goodbye and Teaching (1)
Tango is a form of communication. Ask yourself, what is the goal of communication? On the topic of dancing with people of different skill levels, we may liken it to talking: If you possess a larger vocabulary...

564  The winning attitude (1)
Most beginners know they don't dance well. Most suffer from performance anxiety. (Any connection between sex and tango is NOT purely coincidental.) The best thing that can be done is to tell them...

565  Refusing (an invitation) to dance (1)
Hi Listeros: Although it is a free country one is never protected fully from the insult caused by a slight that amounts to a "rejection". Dancing is a very personal endeavor. Thoughtless slights can...

566  Forever malambo ? (1)
Hello List, Luis Bravo, director of "Forever Tango", has a new show in San Francisco called "Malambo" a combo platter of tango and malambo, the guacho folk dance. However it is closing this weekend because...

567  To Criticize or Not to Criticize (1)
In my humble opinion, it is never appropriate to criticize another persons dance ability at a Milonga. Exceptions would be: if specifically asked, if there was a prior understanding to this form communciation,...

568  Women dancing together (4)
On 25 May 2002, at 12:12, Benjamin Koh wrote: I'd asume the same as Benjamin. Interesting thing happend to me once: Being at one of the best milongas of the world [a place where people travel to around...

569  On women leads (5)
Trini here. As a woman who both leads and follows at milongas, I lead other women for the same reasons most men do: 1)I like leading and, 2)women are generally better follows than men. If a man is a...

570  Refusing to Dance (4)
After grappling with the issue of accepting ladies' invitations to dance I have made my own rule. Out of respect for my own wife, when we attend a milonga together, I will not usually accept an invitation...

571  Inviting women to dance (1)
Lately, I've seen some posts about woman lamenting not being invited to dance. Is this completely the man's fault? NO? I remember a milonga hostess in New York who told me that a woman was upset that...

572  A good time in Denver (1)
Tom Stermitz and the rest of the gang in the Denver/Boulder Area really know how to throw a great tango party. The dancing on Sunday afternoon and evening last weekend was unbelievable - I'm still...

573  A Dancer's Guide to Music (3)
Trini Regaspi of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, asked about teachers who give music workshops. I have posted several times about Vittorio Pujia's seminars for dancers in BsAs. He is relocating to Milan,...

574  People asking people to dance (1)
The invitation etiquette is a subtle subject, and it has always been, in tango and elsewhere. Many "shoulds" in tango are cogent because they are in the end commonsensical judgments of fact distilled...

575  Tango, a dance of seduction or longing? (2)
Tango, a dance of seduction or longing? On May 23, Michael said: "Since dancing tango is considered the same (by some) as having sex with your clothes on, I say that what goes on between two consenting...