Tango Video - The Opening Dance

[tango]

Well I recieved the video for our wedding dance, it was a ballroom Tango. It turned out pretty good and I'm happy with the dance. The only thing I noticed was that we did the dance from an absolute cold start. i.e. no warm up, it would have been nice but oh well.

This file is a bit of a monster (26 meg) so if you have the time, download it. I'd love to hear what everyone thinks. This is what 50 hours of private lessons and practicing 1 to 2 hours a week produced.

http://www.methyl.ca/movie.mpg

Now I need a new dance goal.

[DanceMentor]

That's awesome! :notworth:

Congatulations. I wish I had taped the tango I did at my wedding.

[virginiadancegirl]

I think it was beautiful!! At this point, I can't tango to save my life...so you go!!!

[tango]

Thanks! I find Tango to be a great dance for performances. The best part is that not only did I enjoy it all of the guests loved it. Most of them have not seen a ballroom tango before.

Also, I should clarify that I started dancing only 10 months before the wedding.

[bordertangoman]

Its beautiful - and that's saying something as a dedicated AT dancer - and moving.

[pygmalion]

What a beautiful dance, tango. And congrats on the wedding. :D

[MadamSamba]

Tango, that was absolutely beautiful!

Thanks so much for sharing that with us...you've definitely inspired me. My first wedding dance is going to be an AT too!!

Hmm...now I just have to get m'self an 'usband! :)

Are the two of you still dancing? What reaction did you get from your guests? Did any of them take up dancing as a result?

[tango]

Thanks!

We are still dancing but now we don't have a goal so we're trying to figure out what to do next. It seems we work better and enjoy dancing more when we can focus on a goal.

The reaction was amazing, we're probably never going to hear a cheer that loud, directed at us, again. We danced most of the night (Cha Cha, Swing, Waltz, etc) and people really enjoyed watching it.

I think a lot of our friends and family are going to check out dancing, they said it looked like fun (as we all know it is here) and even a lot of the guys who don't dance (freestyle) said that this is the type of dance they could do.

Good luck on the husband search :)

[SDsalsaguy]

I finally had a chance to look at the clip tango... that was great! What a wonderful way to start your life as husband and wife too! :D

Kudos on the dance and the marriage... may both continue to be ever renewing sources of joy and hapiness.

Thanks for sharing!

[Neil]

Very nice. It's great that you guys were able to do all that work to prepare for the number, yet you still wanted to marry each other. ;)

[tango]

Thanks SD and Neil.

Putting the number together was a lot of work, but early on we put the '5 minute' rule into effect. Basically, when we started to practice neither of us could speak or make suggestions for 5 minutes. Once we were warmed up and relaxed then we could start making suggestions. Made a very big difference in keeping sane.

Actaully, I think the dance was a great way to releive all the stress of the day. We even had a dance lesson the day before the wedding. It was a good way to relax, as most of you will agree.