855  Tango and intimacy

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:50:45 -0800
From: luda_r1 <luda_r1@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Tango and intimacy

Jonathan wrote:

"Tango is a substitute for intimacy" hmmmm, well, it
certainly can be
substituted for intimacy, BUT can intimacy be
substituted for tango?"

I don't think tango can be substituted for intimacy,
although many folks try, as they do with sex and
marriage. It's just not the same thing. Of course
intimacy can, and should, be practiced within the
tango experience, as with sex and marriage, but only a
few folks manage to pull it off. Especially in tango,
as we've been discussing here on this list recently.
Maybe because intimacy is not for the faint of heart.
It's just so damned risky! :)

And, yes, I think intimacy can be substituted for
tango. But why? You can have both. And it's actually
more fun that way. :) However, if people dance tango,
or get married, in hopes of finding intimacy, they're
not likely to find it. It's like reading a book: you
only get out of it what you bring to it. If people
arrive on the tango scene without knowing how to
create intimacy, they're not likely to find it on the
dance floor. Or very rarely. Their dancing will remain
sterile, as Astrid suggests, "a lot of noise
signifying nothing".

Luda

Luda


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