General: We had very hot days and nights here in Seattle during our annual festival. This is the first year that I have had enough dancing to make it truly fun. After five years we have dance friends from far and wide, and that makes a huge difference. I could not dance back to back tandas in the heat. The room for the main milongas was the hottest place in town, and not in a good way. For some reason the ventilation is very poor. However, seeing the stunning dress worn by performer, Patricia Hilliges, cut down to there, in the back, was worth the price of admission! (Note to Self: Sign up for those pilates classes again, fast.
But the main milongas venue...just too uncomfortable, and 25 bucks to get in.
I know that all these people need to get paid, but the venue just has to be better.
Fun: We have new tango friends. How else would we have ever met them? For some of these hot nights I sat with people for a tanda or two before dancing so that we could cool off. I had some of the best connection I have ever had while dancing and between the dances. Always being reminded that tango is so much more than that time on the floor. It really is about the people.
Classes: How would I know? Almost all of the teachers are flashy performers. At this point I am waiting for the visits from milonguero style dancers. They were not represented in the visiting teachers this year.
There is the eternal divide, and sometimes union, of open and close styles. I would say more about it, but enough has been said. I only have one more thing to say about it. The difference between close and open is the difference between holding your baby tenderly, and dangling your baby off the balcony. You might enjoy either one, but the baby definitely has a preference.
I only went to three milongas. Had reasonable fun at all, but especially at the outdoor milonga. There is never enough sitting around on the lawn with friends. We narrowly avoided getting arrested. The crime was related to "grape juice." Looking forward to eventually getting back to normal, whatever that is. What is it anyway?
See you all later, I have all the undone household stuff, and people to take to the train station, a hideously fried garden...god.
Monday, July 27, 2009
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I heard that Matteo and Patricia were very good salon style teachers...
In terms of baby: I personally like to hold my baby tenderly. A lot of cute and young babies, however, like to be dangled off the balcony. First of all they like being seen and showed off; secondly they like the excitement of living on the edge...just my observation anyway. :-)
TP:HA! That was a very good observation. You are absolutly right...
Yes, I think that Matteo and Patricia probably are good salon teachers. They project great joy in the dance as well.
We have started keeping better track of our tango dollar though, and wow...it adds up fast. Thus, we are very very particular about how we spend it, who we take a lesson from, and where we go.
What fun! At least it didn't rain :-)
Totally agree with you on teachers and the baby. When watching their living-on-the-edge performances I asked myself, "Is it realy comfortable to dance that way?"
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