Dancing with beginners in close embrace

[Ampster]

Now thinking of the term I heard somewhere, probably here on D-F: interlocking boobies.

Gotta say, having danced with a woman leader a few times...it's kinda tricky. Boobs have something of a muffling effect on the lead. Mine are big enough...add in another girl's, and it can be kinda difficult to feel what's going on. OTOH, I've danced with women leaders who are small and slim and *ahem* not so gifted *ahem* and it's easier to feel the lead, but they also feel so...breakable. Granted it's the same as dancing with a very small, slim guy...who also just feels breakable.

(What can I say? I'm very self-conscious about my size--both boob-wise and otherwise. But it can, actually, affect how physically pleasant a dance feels.)

I actually find it harder to dance with a well endowed woman for the same reason Peaches outlines.

IMHE, they're like shock absorbers that muffle the lead. In order to compensate for that, one needs to adjust their lead to be more deliberate, very slightly longer in duration, and with a little bit more commitment.

 

[Subliminal]

Have Argentinian women got some unusual feature in the chest department that we poor European ladies do not possess?

I've heard they're like magnets, on account of being so close to the south pole. You get two ladies of opposing polarity trying to dance together and things go flying everywhere.

 

[opendoor]

..shock absorbers..

 

[Dave Bailey]

Have Argentinian women got some unusual feature in the chest department that we poor European ladies do not possess?

Clearly this is a topic requiring detailed study.

Possibly a government grant will be required.

 

[Peaches]

I've heard they're like magnets, on account of being so close to the south pole. You get two ladies of opposing polarity trying to dance together and things go flying everywhere.

Er...wouldn't that be two women of the same polarity? Opposing polarity = attraction, no? Or do I just have a completely different metal image going on of what you meant (it's very amusing regardless).

 

[Peaches]

I actually find it harder to dance with a well endowed woman for the same reason Peaches outlines.

IMHE, they're like shock absorbers that muffle the lead. In order to compensate for that, one needs to adjust their lead to be more deliberate, very slightly longer in duration, and with a little bit more commitment.

Yep. I find a difference between if I'm dancing with a bra versus not, for one reason or another. The latter is definitely easier.

 

[Subliminal]

Er...wouldn't that be two women of the same polarity? Opposing polarity = attraction, no? Or do I just have a completely different metal image going on of what you meant (it's very amusing regardless).

Actually, both scenarios would be amazing.

(But yeah, you're right. I fail at basic physics. )

 

[Mario7]

Crikey, why don't all of you just grow up!:shock:

 

[Peaches]

Oh, right. Humor and levity are absolutely, positively, NOT ALLOWED in the realm of tango. How silly of me to forget.

Sheesh.

Boobs are a fact of life, and they are a fact of close embrace tango. Things being what they are in Western society, there's so much other emotional *stuff* that goes along with them. Learning to turn that off, or to rethink our "relationship" to them is a real part of tango, especially for a beginner; it can be difficult, both for men and women, to learn to be OK with a sort of contact that is generally frowned upon. And, there is the very real physical aspect of things, which Ampster and I had both commented on. Is it so flippin' wrong to discuss those things, and to use humor in doing so?

Oh...right..no humor allowed.

 

[Ampster]

Crikey, why don't all of you just grow up!:shock:

What do you mean? We are discussing a legitimate aspect of tango. most especially in close embrace. Different body makes, types, sizes, do make a difference in leading. In this case, boobs.

We are trying to keep it as light hearted as possible. I don't see a problem here.

I think this deserves a peripheral thread... I'll go start one

 

[Ampster]

OK. Continue this discussion in the segue thread about this topic starts here---> Dancing in close embrace... Boobs

 

[mkjohnson]

I'm with Peaches - they're a fact of (Argentine tango) life. Of course I got in trouble for writing about bras on my blog (after a leader complained about the uncomfortable consequences of Madonna-style-torpedo bras.) So I might not be the best judge of discussion propriety.

 

[Mario7]

Me thinks Ampster actually understands that a girl doesn't want to dance with a guy who's thinking about spending 10 minutes getting to feel her t*ts...who respects her as a dancer, and as someone else who is there for non-sexual reasons.

Sheesh.
Boobs are a fact of life, and they are a fact of close embrace tango. .

Mercurial

Gee, one wouldn't think that the embrace itself could be a motivating factor in the dance ..would one? The embrace as a motivating factor?? Hmmm, I seem to remember a thread by that name...and someone referring to sex appeal and stuff like that...wow, how creepy a thought is that? Huh?:nope:

 

[Mario7]

Boobs are a fact of life, and they are a fact of close embrace tango. Things being what they are in Western society, there's so much other emotional *stuff* that goes along with them. Learning to turn that off, or to rethink our "relationship" to them is a real part of tango...

I've never 'turned off' to that nor 'rethunk' my 'relationship' neither. In fact I enjoy it immensly every time I go out. :artsy:

 

[bordertangoman]

I've never 'turned off' to that nor 'rethunk' my 'relationship' neither. In fact I enjoy it immensly every time I go out. :artsy:

So that's why you want to dance close embrace?