All that glitters is not gold

[tangomaniac]

There have been occasions I desperately wanted to dance with someone in particular. Her technique looked impeccable, danced close embrace, and moved well on the floor. Many times, I just couldn't invite her because we finished a tanda at opposite ends of the floor or she vanished into darkness during the Cortina.

Well, sometimes these women accepted my invitation and it was better than I could have ever imagined. I remember Natasha. I knew close embrace. She taught me closer embrace as we danced to DiSarli. If she held me any tighter, I would have been behind her.

And other times, I didn't recognize the woman from her dancing, proving that everybody isn't compatible with everybody else. These women danced close embrace with other men but I guess since I was new, we danced open. (I don't dance well in open.)

Have you experienced finding true or fool's gold?

 

[Steve Pastor]

Well, yeah. It has happened both ways. You can't always judge the book by the cover. And by that I mean someone who appears to be "sharing weight" might not be. And, holding "tight" with your arm isn't what I'm looking for, although I do it myself when the weight isn't there. And, it's probably best I don't get into that, although I guess I just did.

 

[Mladenac]

Open embrace is a safety area. It happened that at first they would dance with me open and later transitioned to close.
Sometimes when both partners don't feel so well that moment one might choose to dance open.
As you learned close embrace you need to learn open embrace.

Dancing open and close are different type of dancing more than they look.
And especially difficult are transitions between close and open embrace.

 

[dchester]

I've certainly had experiences where the woman would start off in an open embrace, then after about a minute or so, relax and change to close embrace (like she decided, OK she can dance).


Unfortunately, a few times I've also had the reverse.


Unfortunately, not everyone likes the same embrace.

 

[tangomaniac]

Open embrace is a safety area. It happened that at first they would dance with me open and later transitioned to close.
Sometimes when both partners don't feel so well that moment one might choose to dance open.
As you learned close embrace you need to learn open embrace.

Dancing open and close are different type of dancing more than they look.
And especially difficult are transitions between close and open embrace.

I started with open position and migrated to close. There isn't enough frame to lead in open and dancing in open takes up more space than close. I don't want to go back to open.

I'll never forget the woman who said "Why would you want to dance with air?"

The embrace should be flexible but I don't have to dance in open to lead molinetes.

 

[Mladenac]

I started with open position and migrated to close. There isn't enough frame to lead in open and dancing in open takes up more space than close. I don't want to go back to open.

I'll never forget the woman who said "Why would you want to dance with air?"

The embrace should be flexible but I don't have to dance in open to lead molinetes.

Some people dance close embrace but they cannot dance alone, so they continually wrestle.
In my opinion good open embrace is foundation for solid close embrace.
Close embrace needs further practice.

Embrace and posture are flexible. And close embrace does not have body posture as open embrace.
Some mix apples and oranges but it's not recommended for making a good apple pie or an orange juice.