I know sometimes it’s hard to stay calm when there’s a crowd on the dance floor. Somebody is always in your way, obstructing your dance flow, pushing you from behind …
The dance floor is crowded.
What now?
It goes without saying that you are not one of those “bullies, tailgaters, bloody beginners, figure wankers” and so on.
Or are you?
If you often have stress with the rest of the other dancers on the dance floor, you should ask yourself whether that might also be a little bit up to you.
When tango dancing is no longer beautiful and relaxed but degenerates into stress, remember that you also are part of the “Ronda” on the dance floor. You also contribute to everyone being able to dance beautifully.
Most of the time, it helps if you lead by example.
If you find that sometimes difficult, just give this exercise a try. I found it to be very helpful.
For the next 4 to 5 milongas or the next 4 to 5 practice evenings you overtake NO ONE on the dance floor, not even the annoying dance floor bollard that ALWAYS blocks you.
Instead, you use every trick from your repertoire to dance BEHIND the dancers in front of you in a simple, stress-free and nice way until they go on (even if you think that it takes waaay too long :-).
The bullies, bloody beginners, figure wankers in front of you are not worth to get so much attention from you. They are not important.
Of course you have to watch what´s going on around you on the dance floor.
Yet most of your attention should be with your lady.
She will love it.
Important is the lady you are dancing with!
Most of your attention should belong to her.
Don’t get upset about the other dancers, but make sure that your lady feels comfortable and is safe on the dance floor.
As soon as you have done this for a while, you will see that your dance changes, that you “work” less and dance with less stress.
And you will find that the ladies love it.
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