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Fair. Re the video, you need 50 posts before you can include a link

For these cities, let's call them 'second tier' for the sake of clarity...is it only recommended to go to such places when there is a particular event on? I'm happy to hear about any lesser-known tango hotspots, particularly in europe

True. But, like all things, there is a spectrum. Is it not conceivable that Zotto could dance at a milonga in fundamentally the same style, albeit with smaller steps and less flourish. Out of interest, how would you (or anyone else here) describe this style: it won't let me post a link yet so i...

Found this too, before I started tango I tried salsa. The classes were more overtly sexual, at least insofar as the behaviour of the female followers. I guess it has more of a 'sexy' reputation than tango? Not that tango can't be sexy, but it is very witholding and conservative, and seems to...

Another question for the floor. At what stage do group classes lose their utility? I've seen opinions vary from: they were never any use, to you should keep attending for the purposes of dancing with new people, and developing musicality. To make the question a little narrower: when does one...

Good point, thank you

Can you explain what it means to project your steps?

See my screenshot here, where Osvaldo Zotto steps outside the line of the follower:

Interesting. Can you explain why that is? Does it relate to numbers of followers vs leaders, or is it due to something else? St Petersburg is not really viable currently and Seoul is a bit far for me, but I am taking note in the case of Barcelona.

Thanks for explaining re the head movement, and the origins of this style.It's interesting how function can lead to form.

But is the walk 'supposed' to be in-line or outside the follower? I guess it depends on the step. But imagine from the embrace the leader just goes straight ahead Until Steve pointed it out, the nuances here did escape me. The leader here is clearly a very accomplished dancer. My musicality...

I have no video. They are not famous or well-known dancers. They were both intermediate dancers I happened to see at a class. In fact, they had never danced together before. After a quick check on youtube, this is a rough idea of the spirit and form of the dance Albeit in the case that I...

I looked that one up and I see the parallels but, in hinsight, I think it was just milonguero style. I described it a little uncharitably; it wasn't bad dancing, just not at all to my taste. Maybe because the ochos were reduced to such small steps that the hips did 90% of the movement, at some...

Would be grateful if you could expand on what you mean by reserved in this instance.

ChatGPT has informed me that Paris, Rome, Barcelona, Istanbul and Berlin are the best European cities for a tango weekend. And possibly Milan also.

I realise now that my description was of a very obvious distinction which I somehow hadn't grasped: that of the difference between tango salon and milonguero. However, i don't know what you mean about the hanging head, can you explain? Is it the leader's head which hangs? Is it regarded as bad...

Yes, admittedly it does look comfortable. But it also looks like a totally different dance to what I learned and it explains why, when I went to a different tango school, I was confused by them asking me to step in-line, rather than slightly outside the follower. Just thinking out loud here.

There's a style of tango that I quite dislike, I will attempt to describe it. Both leader and follower are tilted towards each other, usually the follower more than the leader. they are in close embrace. One feels that if the leader disappeared in a puff of air, the follower would fall down...

Interesting points. I'm a single male leader and I'm quite addicted to tango. I sometimes wonder if part of this addiction relates to a desire for connection and intimacy, as I'm single. This makes me wonder, if I had a life partner, be she a tango or not, would my desire to dance decrease, if...

I'm asking as a leader but it applies to followers too, so interested in follower opinions also. When did you learn close embrace? Is there an accepted idea that open embrace should be learned first, and then close embrace? If so, when is somebody "ready" for close embrace?