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    The long-term solution is dual-role dancing?

    It's to everyone's benefit that a variety of milongas exist that span the breadth of traditional to queer with waypoints in between. People are pulled in by different aspects of the dance and do not have uniform preferences regarding intimacy or trust which includes an accounting of the...
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    The long-term solution is dual-role dancing?

    Most aware comment I've read on the event across English and Spanish Facebook as well as this site. Marketing, or perception if you don't like that term, is 100% a factor here. Hence the host carrying around red and yellow cards to expel people. You'll note their use in the clips in question...
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    Leaders. How was your Tango journey?

    Yet somehow past tango traditions did manage to tame human nature, thus their namesake. Back to the foundational societal question of where and whether noble tastes matter more than popular energy. I doubt there were many noble port workers in Argentina taking barre classes but the historical...
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    Leaders. How was your Tango journey?

    It’s still taking me. I’ve been leading tango since 2017 with a break during the Pandemic. Really only getting serious about it post-pandemic; so a combined total of maybe 4 or 5 years. If you’re in a big city with lots of AT options then I would suggest checking out some of the others. Most...
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    The long-term solution is dual-role dancing?

    Maybe I'm just broke, but that seems like a crazy spend for a leader slot that you're not even going to use. I'd take the free leader buy if it was available (I am broke) Guilty as charged. Next event I am doing a two-nighter and taking Friday off work but not planning on staying long into...
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    The long-term solution is dual-role dancing?

    Do you know what she's referring to from this excerpt in her post?
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    Regression

    Likely not regressing overall, just changed her embrace or intention that it no longer gelled nicely with you. Give it another few months and you may find that your connection has grown closer again. I find this happens all the time with basically every follower at one point or another. It...
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    The long-term solution is dual-role dancing?

    Ahh yes, _my_ dystopia (from your previous thread I believe excerpt below): Attended through this period in Western colleges/universities, you could smell the bullshit as the 'foot soldiers' so to speak failed to resolve even the lowest level contradictions. Began getting involved in social...
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    Quote about teaching dance

    Do you have 'games' for your student's to play? One of the ones I've been thinking of is the foot touch game. Lead a side step and then top the touch of your partner's foot with your toe without looking. No sliding or searching for the foot. You project out and touch it lightly with your toe or...
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    What is tango doing wrong: #3 - men & women

    Isn't that story a bit incomplete? Boys may commit suicide successfully more often than girls, but young girls attempt suicide much more often based on hospital admittance data. Girls are also more likely to be prescribed antidepressants than boys the same age multiple times over. I'm not sure...
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    What is tango doing wrong: #2 - lead & follow

    Moldbug is that you? Agreed on the key distinction being cooperative vs competitive. For face-to-face human action to happen outside of very special circumstances there are clearly defined roles of giving and receiving. In a competitive environment each participant is willing themselves into...
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