bordertangoman
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How to balance in apilado 
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The guy dancing (the man).
BTW, (in case the smiley didn't tip people off), my prior post was intended to be a joke. (I hate it when I have to explain my jokes).
jantango
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The video makes a good point: Dance on your feet, not on your partner. I viewed it some time ago. Unfortunately, it demonstrates exactly what is happening in Buenos Aires milongas because of bad teaching. I knew a couple years ago who taught their students to lean on one another because they gathered that is how milongueros/as dance. Not true.
During my first visit to Buenos Aires in 1996, a partner asked me to lean on him. It seemed strange. I had always danced every other kind of social dance maintaining my own weight. After dancing with him a few times, I didn't have to lean on anyone. No man wants to carry his partner.
When a milonguero says, "te llevo" (I carry you), he doesn't mean it literally. The fascination with the word apilado has confused many dancers. A milonguero takes a woman in his embrace to dance.
Those who teach try to give too many details talking. Instead they can get their point across by dancing with students.
During my first visit to Buenos Aires in 1996, a partner asked me to lean on him. It seemed strange. I had always danced every other kind of social dance maintaining my own weight. After dancing with him a few times, I didn't have to lean on anyone. No man wants to carry his partner.
When a milonguero says, "te llevo" (I carry you), he doesn't mean it literally. The fascination with the word apilado has confused many dancers. A milonguero takes a woman in his embrace to dance.
Those who teach try to give too many details talking. Instead they can get their point across by dancing with students.
Angel HI
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True and good post, Jan. http://dance-forums.com/showpost.php?p=881894&postcount=5
Dave Bailey
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bordertangoman
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I have had two men insist to me that's the only correct way to dance Tango.
ah but people forget that tango originated as a martial art before it became a dance
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