Cabeceo promotes better dancing

[jantango]

Well i got my first cabeceo from a man entering the line of dance. worked nicely, just like Murat Erdemsel described....

I don't know if Erdemsel has danced at a milonga in BsAs. His video is useful for men to a point. What he shows what may occur at festivals, but not what is done in BsAs. This eye contact is something we all do in daily life when crossing a street or merging with traffic on the road.

Men position themselves on the edge or corner of the floor to protect the woman from on-coming traffic as she enters the floor. They don't make eye contact with the men in the rear. They merge gently among others on the floor.

When it's a couple entering together, the woman goes first and positions herself just in front of the tables on the edge of the floor with her back to the wall. The man joins her and facing the wall, waiting for space to enter the flow of traffic on the floor to the left. Awareness is what it's about. There is no nodding being done.

Erdemsel has a good idea which may even result in better floorcraft and use of the cabeceo.

 

[dchester]

I don't know if Erdemsel has danced at a milonga in BsAs. His video is useful for men to a point. What he shows what may occur at festivals, but not what is done in BsAs. This eye contact is something we all do in daily life when crossing a street or merging with traffic on the road.

Men position themselves on the edge or corner of the floor to protect the woman from on-coming traffic as she enters the floor. They don't make eye contact with the men in the rear. They merge gently among others on the floor.

When it's a couple entering together, the woman goes first and positions herself just in front of the tables on the edge of the floor with her back to the wall. The man joins her and facing the wall, waiting for space to enter the flow of traffic on the floor to the left. Awareness is what it's about. There is no nodding being done.

Erdemsel has a good idea which may even result in better floorcraft and use of the cabeceo.

Some (but probably less then half) of the leaders use the technique that Erdemsel demostrated at milongas in the US that I have frequented.

 

[bordertangoman]

Some (but probably less then half) of the leaders use the technique that Erdemsel demostrated at milongas in the US that I have frequented.

I was told this by a guy who dances frequently in BsAs; he said it was a common practice but not mentioned outside BsAs. I can see the sense in it, making eye-contact with other road users before yo join the traffic so to speak.

 

[Skrappy@tango]

Cristina .... She has probably never been to a milonga in BsAs, but she should be more informed because she teaches. The culture of tango in BsAs is part of tango, and therefore should be taught.

I found them in Gricel on a Friday night in a large table next to the lady's restroom, what looked to me as a group of tourists. Year 2009 or 2010.

Homer and Cristina have a lot to learn about the tango traditions and social dancing in BsAs. They devised an American version they are passing off as the cabeceo.

That is exactly what it is.

 

[opendoor]

...exactly what it is.

Hi Skrappy, why do you think Homer and Cristina should stick to the Argentinian tradition? The diversification of tango rather is desirable. Saint Paul already said: let diversity be among you!

 

[Cabbit]

If you are in a position to see a mirada that isnt being noticed, stop yourself before attempting to play the helpful matchmaker. Poking one person until they look up and pointing at the other is ensuring that they both have a bad tanda.

 

[opendoor]

...they both have a bad tanda.

At the very first milonga of my very first Berlin randonnée 2005 (i.e. 11 milongas or more in 7 days), I was cabeceoing my eyes out without success. Later that evening a girl said: you are not dumb, and you also could have poked on my shoulder!