Recent content by brunoalfirevic

Do you mean this one: tangobeginner(dot)blogspot(dot)com ? I still consider that one of my favorite online writings. I reread it couple of months ago and it's still as great and as hilarious as it was years ago.

I think you greatly overestimate how far a few million euro can go in today's real estate market :)

What does any of that mean?

Oh, yeah, being a DJ takes a lot of preparatory work and time. And you absolutely should get your metadata on every song sorted out beforehand (not necessarily every song you own, but the ones deemed worthy of playing at the milonga). Even though it takes a lot of time it is worth it. What I...

You will most likely have several next tandas prepared at any point during the evening. And if you are DJ-ing at regular local milonga where you know the people and how energy flows during the evening, you can get away with preparing even more tandas ahead.

No one in particular decides the meaning, it is a mix of what different people think the word means. All words work like that, and many words take different meanings in different context. It's usually not a big deal, but for sensitive topics more scrutiny is applied - so we get the discussions...

As mentioned earlier, it means it is both friendly to non-traditional dancing roles and friendly to LGTB people. If "explicitly friendly to LGTB people" for you necessarily means "for LGTB people, rest are welcome" - well, ok, but that's not always what's implied. You are correct that event...

Both. No, what it's supposed to mean is that the event is explicitly free of exclusions which might be implicitly present in traditional events. Whether the event is truly fully inclusive in practice depends on the event.

There are so called moisture-wicking fabrics (just google moisture-wicking clothes or shirt), usually made from polyester and sometimes wool. These will not trap moisture and will allow it to make it's way to the surface and evaporate. The thing is - they might not actually feel dryer to your...

Well, first of all, I want to give you props for laying out all of this in as much detail as you did! Are you referring to the situation when the leader wants to switch weight to his other foot but does not want the follower to do so? In that case, I think the story about "hiding the weight...

I'll try to explain myself better, although text is really not the best medium for that :) When I say that all of these things are being led I mean that they happen according to the intent of the leader. When leader wants the follower to do a step, traspie or a pause - that is indeed what the...

Yes, that was not in dispute at any time (at least from my side). A step, a traspie and a pause are all very much led.

For tango, I am certainly in "every step is led" camp, with only occasional and rare exception. But for milonga, I think there is some truth to the notion that there is less of an explicit lead for each and every step (especially for in-place weight changes). You don't observe this in yourself...

For many people (me included) tango would indeed get stale quickly without the milongas. Although usually fun in their own right, classes and practicas are primarily there to help me prepare for milongas and make them more enjoyable. So I would encourage you to attend a milonga. You don't have...

You mention classes and practicas. Are you going to milongas?