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It works well at 3 different milongas here.

Too bad you are having to restrict yourself, but kudos for making things work! A thought is to look at Blues dancing. When I can't really move, like restricted to a concert seat, I can still enjoy doing some Blues stuff. Some of the basic movements, like pulse pulse left, pulse pulse right...

Some of it is the music, too. It's much easier to find and follow the beat with drum beats, instruments with more of a beat (like a guitar), and lyrics that come out in little 4 count bursts! Even drunk people in night clubs seem to have no trouble dancing to the main beat of rock and popular...

Robert Le of Left Foot Right Foot Tango does a competition performance. I really liked it, it was different, with a robot or doll twist to things. The intentional "mistakes" were great. He made it to the 3rd round. They were very much a crowd favorite. I didn't get a chance to talk to Robert...

How great to run on the world's best race track! I don't know Chris, but will look for him as I'm hoping to spectate (maybe crew) at Lemons this summer. Good point and I did take it in a different direction. If racing for enough prize money (implies a large crowd, like NASCAR or F1)...

I'll tie this to Tango at the end. I generally do a very accessible form, where many cars are daily drivers and the course is made by cones. It is against the clock, not fender-to-fender. Daily drivers are welcomed and encouraged. Most cars can go much faster than people realize! It's fun to...

You clean only 30% of your body? . . . . . ☺ . .

I do know someone who does encuentros because she gets dances, but struggles at regular festivals. Per her, it tends to be a more mature crowd and there is more of everyone asking everyone. Also I believe many encuentros advertise being role balanced. She also said the dancing was more boring...

Dancing with other leaders as a significant part of their education would be a way to directly pass musicality and other knowledge to the next generation. Knowledge transfer now is often much less direct. You have one-to-many instruction in a group class, and then you try to solidify this new...

It was a bit buried, she's from West Los Angeles.

My thought was "evolve into reading followers' minds". BTW it still amazes me how well a good follower can read my lead, it's as if they are reading my mind.

Agreed. The big point in the thread is the follower wanting to dance with you in particular. What if she totally loves Tango, a love too big to care about individual men? I actually know someone like that, I call her "Tango Goddess," truly amazing. Every leader raves about someone -- would you...

I used to be in a very small community, with little turnover. Then I moved to the big city. There are 36 milongas in 4 weeks, all within about a 90 minute drive of my home, and about half of those are within about 30 minutes. We get festivals of 200, 500, and 500 people each year. A 4th one used...

Everyone prefers a dance partner who wants you for you, and not that it beats sitting. Saying you'd prefer to sit and not dance with someone willing to dance with you... Really? My dear wife's excitement swept us into a 1st Milonga, and 1st festivals, probably earlier than ideal. I would...

"Thank you" is a social nicety said at the end -- indeed, one cuts a bad tanda short with "thank you." So I agree not all thanks are genuine in terms of deep appreciation, but arguably sincere in the sense of being nice, "thanks for the effort", and similar. Also, I think all involved realize...

Offering a counterpoint data point: My dear wife (DW), at our old haunts, was easily the most popular follow, measured against all skill levels. It was very rare she sat out even one tanda. This was true whether or not I was there. In our new location, the gender balance is much worse for her...

Agreed that being married doesn't automatically get a man more dances. I have seen many married couples who only dance with each other, or a few where the man sits by choice while the wife dances steadily (I was in that camp in my early Tango). Having said that, I personally have found being...

My take is the compliments are sincere -- accept and enjoy! Here are some nuances: First off, I'm not claiming to be a good read of people! There are still reasons to believe compliments generally are sincere. How does an insincere comment help that person? Why would they say untrue things that...

Well, given Asian ladies on average literally take up less space (shorter and smaller BMI on average) ... It's actually a serious comment. Could your perceptions be more a function of size? I'm going to think about it through that lens for myself.

Not sure what is meant by "safe racism that Asian men are allowed to participate in." Brujo please enlighten, I'm having trouble lining that up with the rest of your post, thanks. Not clear, "entitled douches" for not doing more charity dances? I'm also not clear, do you think they are getting...