FelipeH's Tango Story

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Pocho:
Oh no, I don't like it when a woman stops me and starts to shake everything! It's ok for her, but for me it's impossible. I'm a small guy, and shel'll take me out of my axis...

Neli:
The woman has to wait; the man leads. Last Friday I saw a couple - he was going north and she was going south... It can't be, it can't be!
That's not dancing tango. Dancing tango is when the couple agrees all the time.
The man is the generator, the woman is the receiver.
The woman needs to understand the styles of many different men.
Different men have different styles. As a woman, I have to learn how to understand different leads, how each man interprets the music.
I can't do what I want, because if the man leads my foot inside, I have to go there.
No, no! This can't happen. Whereeve the man puts his foot, the woman has to remove hers - and so on and on.
This is what it means to be synchronized. Otherwise, don't bother dancing, not even the chacarera.

Oscar:
I don't enjoy my own dance. What I enjoy is the woman's performance.
When I drive a sedan, I don't enjoy my body moving and directing the care...
I enjoy the car - how it takes the curves, accelerates, brakes, etc. I enjoy the performance of the car. That is the woman, to me.
And of course this just me, but ti's one thing to drive a sedan, and another a carriage that has too many ornaments.

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Neli:
In tango, both have to be elegant. where the woman takes out the foot, the man arrives. this is synchronization.
tango is improvisation. ow to improvise. The true milonguero has to know how to improvise, the be able to escape from a difficult situation on the dance floor.
Osvaldo:I'm telling you, I'm explaining it to them this way because they are not milongueros yet.
Ok, I'm going to teach them a step so that they can escape from difficult situations.
Ok, Oscar, translate for me.
This is a move or step that is very very, delicate, veery delicate...and very very pretty.
All right! Let's get serious now. What Osvaldo is going to show us is a very sophisticated move.
So, there is USA, Italy, all over the world... the milongas are not so crowded. But in Buenos Aires there are a lot of people... So there's not much space to dance, or do a step, or change direction. For me, it's a salida, not a change of direction. But for people now... modern people, they call it a change of direction. Only modern dancers call it this. But we, the old ones, ... No no, Neli, I'm not calling you old. I'm calling her, Coca, old. Look how pretty you are.
Neli:
Yes, Osvaldito wants to fix it up, but it's too late - I know you called me old and I don't know why!

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