- Men
& Women – are not
seated together unless they
are a couple, if dancers see
you in the table with someone
(opposite sex) they will assume
he/she is your partner and
will not ask you to dance.
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- Sharing
tables - you are assigned
a table and nobody can sit
at your table unless you invite
them; this means that dancing
with someone does not imply
having to stay all night with
this person, unless you want
to.
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- Never
sit in someone else’s
table, especially if it is
the opposite sex.
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- You
can be very polite and say
hello to people, even kiss
them but never ask someone
to ask you to dance. Maybe
the dancer is a gentleman
and will do as he is asked,
but he will never ask you
to dance again. Have patience
and wait, maybe he will ask
you to dance.
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- Asking
for a dance – the reason
for men and women being seated
separately is due to the particular
way of asking for a dance
men ask women to dance with
a look – a certain glance,
movement of the head toward
the dance floor.
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- When
you are invited to dance,
wait till your dancer is in
front of your table, never
get up and go to him, because
he could have invited someone
sitting beside you, or behind
you and could ask you to sit
down.
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Be careful who you share your
desire to dance with someone,
because you never know who
you are talking to. Also when
you are dancing, it is better
to close your eyes, not only
you can concentrate and feel
the music better, but you
avoid feeling distracted by
the look of another one sitting
at a table who afterwards
might not ask you to dance
because he/she may think that
you could do the same to him/her.
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- Be
careful with the length of
your steppes, it depends on
how many people are on the
dancing floor. The more people,
the shorter the steppes. It
is different when people are
performing on their own; they
have the dancing floor for
themselves
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- Try
not to walk around the dancing
floor when people are dancing,
wait for the Cortina,
when everybody sits down.
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- Try
not to say hello to someone
sitting down when you are
dancing, your partner can
get annoyed or jealous
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- If
you came to the Milonga on
your own, try and leave on
your own. Especially if you
pretend to go on dancing in
that milonga.
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If you came to the Milonga
with someone and you sit at
the same table, it will take
some time for the others to
realise if you only want to
dance with your partner or
you are available to dance.
That does not mean that you
will be asked to dance by
the same dancer that where
inviting you before. Remember
tango is always about seducing.
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- Never
show too much interest in
dancing with one special dancer,
because you can hurt others
feelings, and maybe next time
in the Milonga your special
dancers are not there and
you have no one to dance with,
as the one you rejected last
time might not ask you to
dance.
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Even though you die to dance
all night with the same dancer,
remember everybody is watching.
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- Do
not show too much passion
for someone when dancing,
do not get to close. Of course
you can show passion while
dance, your face can show
how much you are really enjoying,
but never get to intimate
with the dancer if you are
not interested in a relationship.
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- Don’t
get offended if one of your
tango dancers one night does
not ask you to dance, there
will be other nights.
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- Depends
how you respect these codes
is what others will feel towards
you, and how you will be considered
and respected in the Milonga.
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