Intro Post and Question About Facial Hair in Close Embrace

[ardix]

I have rather decently danced with a guy having a quite long, groomed bear. I did not pay much attention to this before but this time it really bothered me, his beard was basically like a heater - maybe because he was about the same hight as me and the air did not really circulate between us (or between me and his beard).

 

[ardix]

I have rather decently danced with a guy having a quite long, groomed bear. I did not pay much attention to this before but this time it really bothered me, his beard was basically like a heater - maybe because he was about the same hight as me and the air did not really circulate between us (or between me and his beard).

recently but it was a decent tanda

 

[Aynur Hanım]

Hi! Also first time poster. This questions speaks to me. I mostly dance as a follower, and I have never notice a leader's facial hair, until that one time I danced with a leader with a very short, very sharp stubble on the cheek. I could feel it stabbing my face throughout the tanda, but it was a good experience despite that. So I believe if it's not so short and stiff that it's stabbing, then it's probably fine. Long-haired followers have a hair problem as well, as others have mentioned. I have long hair, and they do get on leader's face sometimes.

 

[Naddrin Kentlar]

Hi! Also first time poster. This questions speaks to me. I mostly dance as a follower, and I have never notice a leader's facial hair, until that one time I danced with a leader with a very short, very sharp stubble on the cheek. I could feel it stabbing my face throughout the tanda, but it was a good experience despite that. So I believe if it's not so short and stiff that it's stabbing, then it's probably fine. Long-haired followers have a hair problem as well, as others have mentioned. I have long hair, and they do get on leader's face sometimes.

I find it distracting(slight discomfort) when the follower's face touches mine, so that's why I like to keep a short stubble. If she insists our faces are touching at least we're both distracted by something

 

[opendoor]

I find followers often apply different standards of measurement. When greeting women at a milonga, I usually warn them that I have a stubble. Then they shy away from kissing. But if I ask to dance and say "I'm not shaved", then "whatever" is the answer.

 

[Tango Newbie]

Long-haired followers have a hair problem as well, as others have mentioned. I have long hair, and they do get on leader's face sometimes.

There is one experienced leader who's also a host at a studio in our community who has long hair. He's also a good dancer and my SO likes dancing with him. On one occasion when he asked her to dance, she requested he put it back in a pony-tail (and he did so). In fact, ever since, it seems he always comes to any studios with his hair neatly pulled into a pony-tail.