ArbeeNYC
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Well, yes, you have a lot of drop outs, but anyone who sticks with it gets the picture after a while.
Taking pictures at tango events - an intrusive practice?!
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Not good publicity, and very dispiriting, to have a high attrition rate. The news spreads to other prospective customers.
TTanguero
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We can't uninvent social media, so the reality is, love 'em or hate 'em, dance photos and videos are a thing, and are unlikely to go away.
Breaking news: CNN reported that in addition to names, photos, social media profiles and even home addresses appearing to belong to the jurors have been shared online on various platforms including pro-Trump forums and websites that have been linked to extremist attacks.
No idea whether or not anyone there dances AT, but worrying if you consider other shooting incidents at dance venues in the US.
It all seems an innocent activity. It can't happen here, we're not like that - until it does.
But exercise some responsibility and good manners.
Photos of tango events don't actually influence the public image anyway since only people already in the community view them.
That cat jumped out of the bag since Steve Jobs put camera on every phone
Compare to everyday life where so many around you are taking pics, milonga is relatively safe sanctuary from the camera.
Generally true. But it puts people in a specific place and associations.That cat jumped out of the bag since Steve Jobs put camera on every phone
Compare to everyday life where so many around you are taking pics, milonga is relatively safe sanctuary from the camera.
ardix
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I like to believe that too...but do we actually know? Besides, as @Rabbit puts it "Photos of tango events don't actually influence the public image anyway since only people already in the community view them."
Which makes me think of something else, that should probably be a separate thread: how did you guys come into tango, what drew your attention in the first place?
TTanguero
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This is one of those 'can't please all of the people all the time' things. Most people welcome photos, indeed actively seek them out after events. So what you would (presumably) consider 'responsibility and good manners' would disappoint the vast majority.
TTanguero
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Yep, a good topic of a separate thread.
Sort of agree. Those which do exist as promotional materials do, however, show clips (blurred faces, feet, or bodies only, so unidentifiable) people enjoying themselves dancing socially, or warm-ups, or group classes. Maybe they've given permission. Maybe that promo style, at least a part, of a marketing strategy which isn't quite working.
Maybe it ought to feature some clip of performance as well, but copyright, performer rights, which one, may be an issue there.
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No. You go to a milonga or other large AT gathering which clearly tells you that images may be taken and published online - fine, you sign up to that by entering. You might ask whoever is videoing to avoid you, but it happens.
You get caught in the background of some group where the group is the primary focus - ok.
Someone takes an image of specific dancers which includes other identifiable dancers - if you're going to publish then you blur them out, or check, or don't use that. It might be legal, but it would be polite to check.
By having been involved in other aspects of dance, being at a loose end on vacation in Switzerland, still recovering from dance-related injury, and seeing social AT, not performance. More a question of: How did they do that without choreography? Then searching out social AT at home location and attending classes. Fortunately, then, finding a ballroom teacher who actually understood social AT and getting better. Subsequently getting better teachers and contacts.
Found another one
Although didn't notice anything much at the time (which looks a bit late in the year)