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WP I like your list (mine would be similar). I agree a Total Unknown is definitely a gamble. I have seen cases where the person has never danced at all. OTOH, I think it is worth inquiring if the person is a visiting tanguera. It's a pretty good filter to have someone that enjoys Tango enough...

I love the ambition to improve! I'm not claiming to be a great dancer or in a position to give critiques, my advice is worth what you paid for it! I showed my dear wife your video, and she said you were dancing beautifully, and I agree. She and I agreed on these points, and came to most of them...

I Googled on this topic. This fascinating result came up: A Buenos Aires law passed in December 2006 defines a ‘milonga’ largely on the basic of the type of music played for dancing. ... The musical program needs to have at least 70% tango, milonga, and vals to be called a ‘milonga’. ... almost...

Change each "." to " dot " and "@" to "at" in the URL and post here please. New members are not allowed to post links.

TNiSD, thanks for your response. I met a lady at a recent milonga whose life goal is to have a man to share dance with -- we are lucky to have life partners to share such things (and hopefully they feel the same way!). From posts here on DF (and it is easy to imagine), ladies prefer getting...

I read your post and realized I'm vague on my goals! Here are a few: Start and finish the night with my dear wife (DW) Take care of DW if she is having a dry spell (highly unlikely!) Dance with DW if there is live music It's pretty rare I do a 2nd Tanda with the same lady (DW excepted). For...

It was a long journey for me for close embrace. I chronicle much of it here in my thread: https://www.dance-forums.com/threads/not-touchy-feely.45840/

2023 will be the year Tango Distance does his first out-of-state festival. In my little area, and even when I have traveled to major cities, the events tend to be small, probably most often 10 to 30 people. My largest event had maybe 50 dancers. I'll be in a room with 100s of dancers, and...

First, there was Kung Fu Panda... Now see Po meet the love of his life, at a Tango dance, in Vals Pandas.

There are some pretty strong data points in the other direction. In my little area, an instructor announced close embrace after a few weeks in a beginner class. Four people left right then! The instructor told me he is never doing that again! Another instructor did a close embrace class as a...

I'm not claiming to have that expertise. My thread doesn't talk much about possible reasons for my hug aversion. I think I know a main reason, but I realize it could be something else, or a mix of things. Similarly, with Madame Richecelebre, I don't know for sure the cause, but something was...

I had a challenging road from hug-a-phobia to close embrace Tango, with Tango being a key part of the healing. I have a thread with 20 pages that discusses the journey. Here are a couple of selected posts, and a link to the overall thread. The Tango Distance Dances with a Tango Distance Melting...

The Tango Distance Dances with a Tango Distance For those who might be jumping straight to this message: My avatar and my name here, "Tango Distance," comes from my difficulties getting close enough to the ladies to do close embrace Tango. Read this thread for all the details! This lady looked...

I had not watched the show before, but it just happened to be on when I switched channels and this dance related scene was on: Quantum Leap Season 4 Episode 19 Crazy Lady: I almost forgot the best part! She then starts the song "Dream dream dream..." Crazy Lady: Dance with me! Husband (of...

I have very limited data, but as it is both similar and different I think it is worth sharing. A lady in our community loves encuentros. Per her, she has trouble getting dances at regular Tango events, but dances regularly at encuentros. She also said she likes that encuentros tend to be an...

I'm tall, not a problem once I learned to stand up straight and not hunch.over the follower. A small number of ladies have needed to put their left arm under my right. Some turn their head sideways. One of my best and most memorable tandas was with a lady significantly shorter than 5 feet...

Another way to learn things about musicality: As a leader, it has been interesting to start learning to follow. I can now "hear" the music the way someone else does.

I had an experience with similarities. For me, I think being tired removed some layers in my thinking. I like this analogy that just popped into mind: More layers in a Machine Learning Neural Network does not necessarily mean better! Here is a repost from my Not Touchy Feely thread, describing...

Better able to see over the follower when leading, and the leader can better see over this person when flats are worn when following? I could have used that recently at a practica. Average height Iady leaders ran me into other couples multiple times. Admittedly I'm hard to see over. 12 inch (30...

That's true and a good point. I didn't say it directly, but beginners are a precious resource. You want to keep them if you can.