Faux Pas
The high standard of tango dancers at the 2006 International Tango Congress of New Zealand http://www.tangoenz.co.nz/ on Friday night was mesmerising. The event itself reminded me of the faux pas I unwittingly made at my first ever Tango workshop some years ago at the Wellington based NZ Tango Festival http://www.nztangofestival.co.nz/intro.htm Today's blog tells the story.
The beginners' workshop was about to start. Some skilled dancers were already on the floor. Across the room I spied a woman whom I thought I recognised. As I wasn't certain, I kept looking at her closely from what I thought a safe distance. The inevitable happened. She looked at me and held my gaze long enough to accept my unintended signal. Without hesitation and to my complete surprise, she seemed to bound across the room to dance.
Explanations were given and accepted and the beginners' workshop started soon afterwards.
Lots of tango etiquette information is available but this one provides a good explanation of 'cabeceo'. http://tango.smoothouse.com/dance/Cabeceo
When we go on the Dance Tours trip to Buenos Aries in April 2007, www.dancetours.co.nz if you don't already know, you will quickly learn many of the wonderful intricacies of tango and milonga culture so that the experience will be stunning and memorable. If you are not yet convinced, try this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Sm2IRMQTTI or this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKy7ITkcbEs&NR are you performing or watching?
Are you game enough to share your dancing faux pas on this blog? They say it's healthy to laugh at yourself.
