[TANGO-L] Tango attire

[luda_r1 <luda_r1 @YAHOO.COM>]

Thank you, Barbara, for your comments on this subject.
I just can't seem to find your e-mail at the moment to
quote you verbatim. You and Al are two of my favorite
people in the whole world. You two are a sight to
behold on the dance floor! Glorious!

I agree with what you say, especially about Argentine
women being comfortable with their own bodies (we
could certainly learn from that), but just because
tango started in the brothels of BsAs doesn't mean
modern women (especially independent American women)
have to look like that today. Bad taste is bad taste,
in any era. So, tango black may be "touristy" in BsAs.
So what? It's better than looking like a tramp. If a
woman is so desperate to get a dance that she feels
she must look like a tart, she has to look into some
other aspects of the scene. And her life. Or is this
what the men are really looking for? The bigger the
cleavage, the better, and the dancing ability can go
hang?

This is supposed to be an ELEGANT dance, right? I keep
hearing this over and over again from my teachers. The
elegant posture. The elegant presence. And I really
believe it. I think it is. That's one of the reasons I
like it so much. So how does someone who looks like a
prostitute manage to be elegant in all this?

Of course, I'm very naive, as you all know. I just
learned very recently that there's a lot of murky
stuff going on in the tango world that sounds pretty
scary. I hope it's not true, but I don't know.

Luda





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