Many people have said they have experienced both tango Hell and tango Heaven. I think the main reason that people go to tango festivals and encuentros and marathons is in search of tango Heaven. Or the more final version is just giving up, which is a way to end a succession of moments of living in Tango Hell.
I posted on Facebook the below "tango thought experiment," I was totally bewildered with the responses. Many said that they would never do it. I will post in the comments some of their answers without giving their names, but really? I would find this tango heaven, but I like supporting my local milonga, which is not nearly as ideal as the one described below. I dance with people of all levels and love the social connection.
Would You Volunteer to Live in "Tango Town"?
PLEASE COMMENT: Why would you go or leave "Tango Town" as described be low in this . . .
Tango Thought Experiment:
Let's say that some social scientists receive a huge grant from a multi-billionaire tango dancer to study the behavior of tango dancers for 5 years. The grant's purpose is to study tango social behavior. The main elements of the study:
- The community pulled together a picked from a gender-balanced 150 participants will a good to excellent level of skill.
- The incentive to participate does not stop people from working, but the will be given 1 million euros, paid a yearly sum (paid in monthly installments) of 100-thousand euros and a 100-thousand bonus at the end of each year. In five years, this is one million euros.
- New ideas from the outside come from regular new teachers who come to teach and dance at the two weekly milongas, staying for two weeks.
- Participants can invite friends to come dance for a week. Ten visiters each week are possible
- The experiment is set in a medium-sized city where you can work and play if you wish.
- You must not travel to dance other than Tango Town's wonderful dance hall. It has free refreshments and orderves, has a wonderful floor, and is set near a lake and the ocean. It is okay to leave on vacation for a total of 30 days per year, but not to dance elsewhere. The purpose is to see what happens if good dancers stay to develop their own local milonga community.
- As long as you follow the contract, you will be given €100k a year (paid in monthly installments).
- You will be given an additional bonus of €100k for staying for each completed year (given at the end of each year completed).
- You must attend the two main milongas. Of course practicas, group lessons, private lessons and other milongas are allowed when in Tango Town.
- The social scientists will study why some will leave, why others will stay for the money in tango hell, or hopefully, because it is their tango heaven. You agree to participate in questionnaires and interviews.
See the below comments. Many will blow your mind. Add your own mind-blowing comment!
