9 December 2005

The First Tango

http://www.entretangos.com/

Paris is crazy with Tango. The number of tango classes offered in Paris is impressive, and everynight there are Tango Parties everywhere in the city. People from all walks of life and of all ages dance tango.

I was charmed by it when I had the first chance to be invited by an old gentleman to dance at La Latina, near Beaubourg. Then I had my first Argentina tango class this monday in L'ENS. So it happened, me too, I am crazy with tango, too. I learnt only the basic steps plus some turns and twist during the class and tonight, i joined their tango party in L'ENS and enjoyed a lot.

Tango is passion. But for beginners, it's "to be very alert". Man leads the dance and woman follows closely. Man has to be very sensitive to space and music and of course to his partner. He has to be very decisive as a 0.1 second hesitation means off beat and confusion to his partner. For the woman, she has to "listen" to her partner, to understand his hint and intention for the next step by the lightest body movement. She has to react quickly and at the same time, dance to music.

Tango is a very sexist dance, in fact. The rule is, only man invites woman and not the vice versa. Man decides the steps and woman follows. So, he acts and woman reacts. Woman has to be elegantly dressed with proper dance shoes, yet man can be very casual, even with sports shoes.

"In Tango, a man has to make his partner beautiful", Siu Mui told me about tango.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Really sounds sexy!
From your words, I see the beauty in it now!

Anonymous said...

I agree! but it's difficult to find such a good partner, and i don't think i can do it with such a high heel!
enjoy!

dreamhunter said...

我都覺得對鞋好誇張,但佢哋個個都係咁。我對大概有三吋踭。

昨晚有看著一個廿歲法國仔和一個五十多歲的太太跳了很多支舞,很合拍。突然間諗,佢和佢阿媽又有冇咁friend呢?﹗都幾sweet架﹗