[TANGO-L] The Cabeceo/Asking someone to dance.

[Michael B Ditkoff <tangomaniac @JUNO.COM>]

I admit I once thought that the Cabeceo was the DUMBEST way to ask a
woman
for a dance, until Daniel Trenner explained it at Tango Locura in
Montreal in 1999.
His eyes were so expressive in his illustration he could have gotten me
to dance with him!!

The cabeceo reminds me of flirting. Last year(?) there were numerous
messages
about piropos(?) [I know I misspelled the word], short flirtatious
phrases.

Whatever you feel inside yourself comes to the surface when you dance
tango.
Whatever mask you try to show to the public comes off when you dance
tango.
I think this is why some people dance close embrace (my favorite) and
some don't.
Some are comfortable being close to their partner and some aren't. Some
might be
uncomfortable using this method of asking for a dance because they have
difficulty
in opening up to others.

I use this method when I dance ballroom. The results are somewhat
different.

"Do you have something wrong with your neck?"
"You need to see a chiropractor."

Michael
Washington, DC
Looking forward to my long weekend in NY dancing tango