Posts Tagged as ‘posture’

April 7, 2009

Waiter Hand Hold

Waiter Pose
The waiter hand was observed numerous times in Bueno Aires… and there were numerous times that we heard teachers (of Argentine Tango) mock this kind of hand hold in classes. We have never liked this hold and have never understood why any man would want to hold his hand this way. On a purely [...]

October 18, 2008

Tango in Buenos Aires (Part IV)

The Elusive Embrace
Now the mother of all dances was the one K had the night she had 5 dances. This far older man (maybe mid 70s) came in much later. He danced maybe one tanda, K saw him and thought, “Shit!  I wanna dance with him.” :) His posture was amazing, he was so smooth, [...]

July 28, 2008

Swing Bastardized…

This post isn’t actually about all the ways Tango has been basterdized (i.e., Swango, Jango, Fox Tango, Ta-Chango)… The anger we feel about those can be saved for another time. No no, this is about the Swing Championships that took place in Toronto two weekends ago. Jorge and I decided [...]