1676  Osvaldo Zotto & Mora Godoy videos in Japanese & French (6)
Hi guys, Please tell your French & Japanese speaking friends that The 5 volume instructional video series, produced by Solo Tango, with Osvaldo Zotto and Mora Godoy, is now available in JAPANESE...

1677  Hypersensitivity? (2)
Ricardo Tanturi wrote (in an off-list email): This was in response to a posting advising that the website for the upcoming Australian Tango Festival was up, but still under construction (hopefully, thus...

1678  Cell phone call while dancing ?? (2)
Well I thought I had seen everything, but this? ;o) Call me old fashioned, but I still haven't figured out why anyone would want a phone call in their car or anywhere away from home for that matter....

1679  Tango & Cell phones (3)
Ah..... the cell phones. Buenos Aires most have a world record of cell phones per inhabitant. They are sold even at supermarkets, and you can but a calling card at kioskos. They intrude everyday life...

1680  Tango and mobile phones (1)
I missed the beginning of this thread but it reminds me of something I saw at the Tangomarkkinat tango festival in Seinäjoki, Finland in July = 2002. An attractive young couple were clasped in one...

1681  Learn to dance tango badly (2)
Barbara asked: "Has anyone any recommendations for really good beginning tango videos?" Probably the most serious mistake a beginner can make, other than taking only privates, is to try to learn basics...

1682  Tango video instruction (4)
There is no way a person can learn Argentine Tango from videos. Nobody has the pretension to teach using videos. What are videos for then? It is assumed that you know how to stand, how to walk, how...

1683  George Mikes - "Tango, a solo across South Amercia" (2)
Good evening! :-) As the last search (Ozgur) was quiet successful :-) another question: I am looking for the following book (resp. the text of the book): author: George Mikes titel: "Tango, a solo across...

1684  Video instruction etc (1)
Thanks to all the tangueros for your feedback. I would like to add a few comments. Tapes are okay mostly to refresh you about how the figures go, and probably give you a tango vocabulary. Nothing wrong...

1685  Dancing offset and poor instruction (2)
Dancers, I was curious about dancing offset to your partner, ie feet not aligned when moving forward. Every real dancer I ever met when dancing in closed position dances feet aligned with their partner....

1686  Instructive Videos & Basic (1)
Dear listeros I still think videos could be used for basic students , as another input option for their undestanding. I can not and I will not recommend a specific video , because this will conduce...

1687  Misc: Shoes are in (1)
Novia Shešs sheer. Shešs flirtatious. Shešs in stock now!! Novia is a sheer illusion shoe that molds instantly to the shape of your foot. It's romantic and divinely comfortable. The 3" tango heel adds...

1688  1 foot, 12 inch, 0.3048 metre heighth difference (13)
Anyone out there run into challenges dancing with someone way different in physical height? I'm dancing with a friend 1 foot shorter (apologies to user's of the metric system!, we're stuck with funny,... When the woman is Why do you automatically...

1689  Instruction on Videos and Otherwise (1)
Perhaps the single greatest difficulty in using videos to learn tango is that nearly all the videos convey tango as a series of step patterns to be memorized and then executed while dancing -- with...

1690  torso and hand lead (3)
I received several notes asking a clarification of the following: Tango Guy says: "The more traditional styles weren't led with the chest but with the arms. " "...as the decades passed, different and...

1691  Inprovisation and social dancing (6)
"If I like the material or some aspect of it, I take it apart and incorporate the pieces into my own dance. Those pieces are then available for my use when they are needed. " As Steve says the videos...

1692  Fernanda & Guillermo Merlo (1)
Hi list: Does anyone know where they are now that I can get in touch with them by phone? Even if they are overseas, I would appreciate if anyone has their phone number. I don't seem to be able to reach...

1693  Back step (12)
"I m baffled as to why the dreaded back step is so dreaded and vilified." As Laurie say, the back step is dreaded by those who made it without looking if there is someone behind . And is vilified by...

1694  Milonga o Tango in Italia (1)
Hola, ciao. I' m looking for milongas around Napoli, Roma and Ancona. Please reply as soon as possible. Estoy buscando milongas cerca de Napoli, Roma o Ancona (Le Marche, Macerata, Civitanova Marche,...

1695  Looking for contact data Marcelo Varela and Analia Vega (1)
Dear List Is there anybody out there able to provide me with an email address or other contact option for Marcelo Varela and Analia Vega? Thanks for any help.. Petra

1696  Incompatible personal styles...?? (1)
Sometimes, after trying various things to accommodate each other, perhaps it may just not be worth it to dance with some people. This goes for other venues in life as well, outside dancing (business,...

1697  What is a boleo (2)
This note is intended to be read by beginners or by those that do not know how to execute a boleo. It is understood that the boleo is done by dancers that possess the skill to have a good frame, and...

1698  Follower's axis, contribution to the dance (was 1 foot, 12 inch...) (5)
Eso, Carlene!! I'm pretty tall but regardless, I MUCH prefer followers who have their own axis. Good followers have their own axis, balance, posture, etc. no matter how short or tall their partners...

1699  Robert Duvall commendation (3)
Dear friends from Tango list Robert Duvall has been commended by the Academia Nacional del Tango of Argentina as member of the Academia , due to his long commitment and cooperation with Tango . Also...

1700  Your center (3)
This is so important. I hear so many teachers say "lead with the chest", when that's not how they dance themselves-they dance from their center. They're just repeating what they heard when they were...