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There are 5 messages totalling 165 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Tango Rhythym
2. SoloTango?
3. GABRIELA & DIEGO LADEVEZE'S WORKSHOP IN SF CANCELED
4. seeking Mara Carlson
5. Toronto Restaurant
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 23:54:00 +0000
From: Larry Carroll <larrydla @JUNO.COM>
Subject: Re: Tango Rhythym
Thanks for your kind words about my online tango book, Frank. Also for
your correction on my misuse of "it's"!
About Salsa rhythm. The old Cuban-style mambo that was popular in the 50s
had a break on the two. That's not too easy for people, so a decade or so
ago when mambo was rechristened salsa & made a popular comeback, many
dancers did the easier break: on one. It's really a religious issue.
One excellent dance teacher taught me (& the rest of her class)
a technique to make it easier to break on two: do something on one. (This
something can be a tap, a lift of the foot, or several other things. Use
your imagination.) But virtuoso salsa/mambo dancers break on both the one
AND the two AND the three AND the four, shifting back & forth at will.
This can be a challenge game leaders & followers play. One salsa
teacher told me that he fell in love with his wife-to-be when she
responded
easily to all his shifts with a mischievous smile & tilt of her head as
if
to say "Ha! Why don't you do some DIFFICULT?"
As for Argentine tango rhythm, the situation for all dancers is the same
as
for the virtuoso salsa dancers. The leader makes it up on the fly. The
easiest one is a SLOW SLOW rhythm. I think it's stupid to try more
advanced rhythms until you've essentially mastered this one. Many
experienced tango dancers still haven't after
years, causing followers great trouble when an incompetent leader (who's
probably trying to impress her with very complex figures rather than good
dancing!) dances with her.
The second easiest thing to do with tango rhythm is to slow a step down
more,
a little or a lot or even to a total stop. This is easier to do on a side
step, but you can do it any any point in a figure. Here is where you can
give your partner a passionate glance (to which they often reply with
giggles
-- at least when I do it!) or lots of other. Such as a caress (or slap --
or both if she's suitably mischievous!).
A third thing you can do with tango rhythm is to do double- (or triple-
or
quadruple- ) quick steps at various points. If you want to lead the
woman to do matching quick steps it's easier to do them on side steps,
especially
side steps to your left (her right) because it's your arm on the entire
surface
of her side that applies the lead. Usually, however, the leader does
quick steps
but the follower maintains whatever rhythm he's set up as the default
rhythm,
usually SLOW-SLOW.
Well, that's enough. No doubt the rest of the TANGO-L people can add
enough to
that to keep you busy for the next few years, working on your tango
rhythm!
Larry de Los Angeles
http://home.att.net/~larrydla
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:18:50 +0200
From: "Gabriella C. Marino" <gcmarino @IOL.IT>
Subject: SoloTango?
I've just got a new digital satellite system and would like to watch
Solotango. Can someone please re-post the settings for Eutelsat because I
lost them?
Thanks in advance,
Gabriella
Parma, Italy
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:03:45 EST
From: Jeanne Hill <GeneJeanne @AOL.COM>
Subject: GABRIELA & DIEGO LADEVEZE'S WORKSHOP IN SF CANCELED
Hello folks,
Sorry, but for reasons beyond their control (unforeseen conflict in
scheduling), Gabriela and Diego have decided to cancel their workshop on April
3, 1-4 PM at the 449 Powell Street Studio in San Francisco.
They will be at Danceasy that night, Sat., Apr. 3, and will give the class
from 8-9 PM, which is followed by the Milonga until 1 AM.
Gabriela and Diego are available for private, semiprivate and group classes in
Lafayette. They are giving their group classes every Wed. and Fri., 8-10 PM,
$15 per person, at the Lafayette Dance Center, 3369 Mt. Diablo Blvd.,
Lafayette. To make an appointment for private lessons, please phone Gabriela
and Diego at (925) 934-2291.
Jeanne
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 15:35:00 -0800
From: Al & Barbara <batango @SLIP.NET>
Subject: Re: seeking Mara Carlson
I would greatly appreciate it if someone out there could give me the phone
number or E-mail address of MARA CARLSON, Tuson, AZ
Thanks, Al Garvey
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:02:33 -0600
From: Tom Ronquillo <chitiger @MAIL.DAVE-WORLD.NET>
Subject: Toronto Restaurant
Can any of the Toronto tangueros tell me if a restaurant called La
Cantinetta is still in existence? My wife and I are planning our 20th
wedding anniversary celebration and we would like to return to Toronto
to dance a tango at a restaurant where we dined so many years ago. I
believe the restaurant was near the theater district and it featured
strolling musicians who actually knew a few tangos.
El Tigre
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Tomas (El Tigre) Ronquillo (chitiger @mail.dave-world.net)
c/o The Tango Society of Central Illinois
1214 East Grove Street
Bloomington, Illinois 61701
Not just a dance; an obsession.
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