tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035244062520832583.post7787088647824512866..comments2024-03-21T05:39:38.636-04:00Comments on Tango Therapist: What to know about EncuentrosTango Therapisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12548118004604256736noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035244062520832583.post-41924721284391374892019-07-06T15:33:21.369-04:002019-07-06T15:33:21.369-04:00Some of that has been done by MANY of us in the Da...Some of that has been done by MANY of us in the Dance Community (in a normal adult social life)for MANY centuries. Somehow some of the folks in the Argentine Tango community missed those lessons in life. They surely would not have survived in the Golden Years of AT. How would they deal with smoking and drinking, and prostitutes, and smelly gauchos, and playboys, and criminals, and dance hall fights and stabbings, etc.?El Magnificohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829404121249430090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035244062520832583.post-77699873091495547662018-03-31T10:45:15.398-04:002018-03-31T10:45:15.398-04:00Dear "Unknown": Perhaps one should ask ...Dear "Unknown": Perhaps one should ask not for a dance but ask the woman if she prefers to be asked to dance. Now, that would be a true gentlemanly way to do it. Also, one would learn that many women and men prefer *not* to be asked. Yet others will say "yes, I do," but only because of *the one asking.* To the next guy, she might say, "No, please don't ask." Make it easy on yourself! Since you don't know a woman's preference, ask with your eyes! It's that easy.<br /><br />When I dance blues or salsa or even socially with all sorts of music, tango skills have allowed me to "ask" for dances without words. It's a skill which does not obligate others to one's wishes. Isn't that a nice thing to learn as a skill?Tango Therapisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548118004604256736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035244062520832583.post-89709901062284456002018-03-18T23:18:47.841-04:002018-03-18T23:18:47.841-04:00I have been in tango for a long time in BsAs and i...I have been in tango for a long time in BsAs and in the US. Personal preferences aside, I appreciate maintaining a dance's truest nature, but also recognize an other's culture. I see no need to 'mandate' such things as cabeceo and a specific number/style of tanda as being the 'only' or 'pompous' ways of enjoying the dance and art. Verbal invitations to dance are quite common in the US, for example. For this to be acceptable at a social or latin dance, but 'completely unacceptable' at a tango dance (milonga) seems ludicrous. To pay homage to the tango culture of BsAs is, of course, respectful, but should not be mandatory when in an other culture. I detest cliches, but there is one that begins, "When in Rome...." No?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10444331759270616572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035244062520832583.post-15074865325930923152018-03-17T15:04:09.508-04:002018-03-17T15:04:09.508-04:00Yokoito, thanks for coming over from Berlin to vis...Yokoito, thanks for coming over from Berlin to visit my blog. I have written other posts about the same concerns you have. But within the context of this post, I did not want to get into those particular concerns. Many can dance both roles and do at encuentros. And we all hope as you do that more men will get themselves into see therapists for their personality overhaul. :-) Anyway, I invite you to visit those other post by puting "encuentro" into the search engine on my blog. Irgendwann vielleicht wäre mein Posts geschätzt als nicht mehr so "banale" von Dir beschrieben? Du kannst mich besser helfen, wenn Du mir bei mark.word1@gmail.com persönlich schreibst. Tschüß, MarkTango Therapisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12548118004604256736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035244062520832583.post-48432887152662547772018-03-17T13:11:10.598-04:002018-03-17T13:11:10.598-04:00Sorry to pour some water into your wine...personal...Sorry to pour some water into your wine...personally I dislike events with face control and such with gender discrimination. Whatever the reasons for the sex imbalance, the non-culture of preselection with its hidden pressure to make nice to organizers etc. is not the right answer. Yes, I wrote sex because there is an increasing number of women who can dance both roles. As a male, I don't feel stressed when there are more women than men. Perhaps men who do should work on their personality.Yokoitohttp://tangoblogblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com