new milonguero embrace

I haven't tried it yet. I saw it somewhere. I must admit that it is quite difficult to dance with big hight difference. This kind of embrace could help. Leading is done with body, embrace is just cosmetics.
 
Someone taught me that a couple of years ago, and actually tried it. It was weird, and didn't work very well. I gave it up halfway through the song.
 
I noticed many women dancing tango closed in close embrace. It's great feeling for leading because it means absolute confidence in the leader. She opens them when leader combines open and close embrace.
 
I don't see what the big deal is. There's a very significant height difference between the two of them, so I can definitely see where this would just be more comfortable. (There's one guy in particular that I know where I can only wish he'd dance this way, because otherwise it's just so difficult to be remotely comfortable with him.) So long as the guy isn't clamping her left arm to her side, I don't see why it's a big deal. It's a practical solution to a real problem.

As a "new milonguero embrace"...meh. Whatever.

And who cares if women dance with their eyes closed? If the situation permits (floor not so crowded that the extra pair of eyes is a necessity, confidence in the leader's floorcraft, "feeling it" in the embrace and the dance) it's one of the most wonderful things in the world. It focuses everything you have on the music, your leader, and yourself...amazing. (And then there are those times when, even with my eyes open, I can't see anything because of the height difference. If all I have to stare at is his shirt/chest/neck, might as well close my eyes.)

Who cares about any of this? There's no right or wrong.
 
Ampster said:
Someone taught me that a couple of years ago, and actually tried it. It was weird, and didn't work very well. I gave it up halfway through the song.
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Pity. Playing with different embraces can be wonderful. (And challenging, which can also make it fun with the right leader.)

There's one guy I like to dance with, and we quite frequently switch things up. Both arms around his shoulders, right arm around his waist, my left arm under his, my right hand on his chest. It can be very enjoyable.
 
The guy towers over her. What is he supposed to do - hunch, just like everybody else does? Is she supposed to stand on her toes and poke her butt out and turn her face to the left, just like everybody else does?

Maybe we should just tell them to stop trying to dance "real" tango (closed-embrace) and tell them to move on to "fake" tango (nuevo) so that we can post a clip of their nuevo here and roast them for that, too. (sarcasm, yes yes, much.)
 
Bravo, Me!!! Beautifully put. Thank you!

Really. I didn't realize that, in addition to things like dancing "correctly" and dressing "correctly" and dancing to the "correct" music and following the "correct" codes of behavior, that we're also supposed to base our dancing on who is the right height for us. Bloody hell.
 
Peaches said:
Pity. Playing with different embraces can be wonderful. (And challenging, which can also make it fun with the right leader.)

There's one guy I like to dance with, and we quite frequently switch things up. Both arms around his shoulders, right arm around his waist, my left arm under his, my right hand on his chest. It can be very enjoyable.
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Oh, I experiment with all of what you just said (given the right partner). What I was saying was that the OP's embrace, that particular one didn't work for me.
 
Me said:
The guy towers over her. What is he supposed to do - hunch, just like everybody else does? Is she supposed to stand on her toes and poke her butt out and turn her face to the left, just like everybody else does?

Maybe we should just tell them to stop trying to dance "real" tango (closed-embrace) and tell them to move on to "fake" tango (nuevo) so that we can post a clip of their nuevo here and roast them for that, too. (sarcasm, yes yes, much.)
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ha ha... love the BIG letters and I am in full agreement.

Height difference is a fact of life in this country and in some others. People have to find some way to deal with it and still be able to interact with each other.

I've used this embrace a couple of times in the past and didn't find any problem with it. As someone said, he isn't leading me with his arms anyway, those are just there for "comfort".
 
Me said:
The guy towers over her. What is he supposed to do - hunch, just like everybody else does? Is she supposed to stand on her toes and poke her butt out and turn her face to the left, just like everybody else does?

Maybe we should just tell them to stop trying to dance "real" tango (closed-embrace) and tell them to move on to "fake" tango (nuevo) so that we can post a clip of their nuevo here and roast them for that, too. (sarcasm, yes yes, much.)
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I think I recognize the lady in the clip. I once asked her to lend me cab fare but she said she was a little short! jajajajajajajaja
 
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