Ja, ne poštujem pravila u meri u kojoj uništavaju kreaciju,
ali... poštujem pravila koja sprečavaju haos,
jer u haosu ne postoji ništa, pa ni kreacija !
Tango is Emotion in Motion - September 2010. Bezek & Djolovic.
"Tango Codes"
Tango is Emotion in Motion - September 2010. Bezek & Djolovic.
"Tango Codes"
Those two words have generated heated discussion.
There was a time when we were told that "tango has no rules."
Eventually we learned that it has rules. Many refuse to respect them.
They are no more than guidelines that have been in place for all social dancing for decades.
Code is another word for rule. Games have rules, and so does ballroom dancing.
Tango is a ballroom dance. Then tango has rules like other social dances.
Like any sport, they establish rules of behavior so everyone can enjoy participating.
• Dress appropriately.
• Remember personal hygiene.
• The man invites the woman.
• The man leads, remains in control, and protects his partner.
• Respect the line of dance.
• Be aware of others around you.
• Do not teach on the floor.
• Apologize to your partner if you step on her foot,
and to other dancers if you interrupt their dancing.
• Escort your partner off the floor.
• The floor is for dancing, not for conversation.
These rules are part of all ballroom dance instruction.
It's impossible to learn to dance without learning these rules.
And yet, one organizer in Buenos Aires has found it necessary to announce the line-of-dance rule at his milonga and to enforce it to keep disaster from occurring. What sets tango apart from other dances are the unwritten codes of personal behavior that are respected by milongueros. I found an interesting list of codes on the internet. I don't agree with the complete list, but it covers many of the codes observed by milongueros. These codes are disappearing from use because the milongueros are disappearing from the milongas.
By JantangoOriginalni text: Tango Codes
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"Tango Roots and Codes"
Ovde je sve receno sto se tice Tango Pravila, da bi Tango mogao da se igra !
Originalni text: Tango Roots and Codes Rules
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Head to a milonga, a place where the dance is done by those who know it well (usually following a strict protocol of interactions between the sexes). A key concept in these places refers to the milonga eyes - perhaps you've heard fairy tales about two sets of eyes meeting across the room and then finding their way to each other on the dance floor. In some milongas, men and women sit on different sides of the room, couples only blending together in certain spots. Men and women will try to catch each other's eyes this way, flirting across the smoke-filled distance, adding nods, smiles, and sometimes hand movements for increased effect. The man finally approaches the woman, offering to dance. Often, there is not even a word between the two at this stage until they take the floor.
This ritual means that dancers need to be aware of a few things. Firstly, never, ever block anyone's view, especially a woman who is sitting by herself. Be aware of divisions between the sexes in seating (which might be enforced by the management anyway for newcomers), and follow the rules. As a foreigner, some very strict places might tell you they simply have no seats; you can overcome this obstacle by saying you are looking for a friend who arrived earlier. Avoid eye contact with members of the opposite sex if you have no idea what you're doing. You might be inviting a dance when all you want to do is watch, confusing some people who are completely absorbed in the rules of the game.
If a woman wants to dance with new men in order to practice the tango, she should not be seen entering the salon with a male friend, because most of the other men will assume she is already taken. If couples want to practice dancing with new people, they should enter the room separately. If you are coming in a group, divide yourselves up by sex for the same reason. Each milonga, however, maintains its own grip on these rules - some very strict, others abiding only by some. It's also best not to go to these places in large groups, and rather with a few people at a time or as a couple. The sudden entrance of a large group of noisy curious foreigners who don't know the place can instantly change the overall atmosphere. And importantly, show respect to where you are in terms of how you appear. While you needn't dress to the nines, a baseball cap and sneakers will ruin the atmosphere of the place (if they even let you in).
Ovde je sve receno sto se tice Tango Pravila, da bi Tango mogao da se igra !
Originalni text: Tango Roots and Codes Rules
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"How to Follow Tango Dance Etiquette"
Originalni text: How to Follow Tango Dance Etiquette
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"The Buenos Aires Milonga With The Strictest Social Codes"
- What makes the saturday milonga at Maipu 444, named Cachirulo, so popular with the milongueros of Buenos Aires?
- What is the reason Cachirulo can boast the highest level of social traditional tango dancing in Buenos Aires (not to be confused with professional nor nuevo dancing)?
- I believe one of the key factors, is due to the strict enforcement of the traditional milonga codes, by the organizers Hector and Norma. Codes that discourage inconsiderate social dancers away from the milonga.
- Hector and Norma really enforce the rules. One time I saw a couple of french ladies dancing together between themselves and straightaway Norma asked them to stop.
- Numerous times, tourists who were fooling around the dancefloor, disrupting the other social dancers, were asked to leave the dancefloor.
- There was another time, a group of japanese tourist came and did not use the cabeceo (eye contact) rule to invite the ladies. Hector grabbed Jean-Michel straightaway to explain to them the rules (Jean-Michel speaks japanese).
- Just the other day Hector showed me his new code enforcing gadgets, a yellow card and red card! Like football referees, he would show the first time code offenders a warning yellow card, then repeated offenders would be ejected off the dancefloor with a red card. What a funny guy!
- Even I, or even regular porteño dancers, were not spared. There was one time when I was doing quite large steps. He came over and asked me to dance smaller. I see him do it to offending milongueros too.
- The organizers efforts reaped benefits. While Salon Caning, Niño Bien or Porteño y Bailarin are besieged by problems of unruly dancefloor, bad navigation, crazy high kicking dancers; Cachirulo maintains a high level of dancing and a traditional social milonga feel.
- I will leave the explanation of the obvious and hidden codes of the milonga, to be done by the well written articles of my good friend Jean-Michel.
- Just a week after Jean-Michel wrote the above 'codes of the milonga' posts on Royce's blog. By chance or otherwise, Hector approached him to come up with a little signboard of the codes of the milonga, in english, chinese, french, japanese and spanish. And he put it up at the entrance of the milonga.
- He then asked Jean-Michel (look at how slim he is!) and Royce to give a little impromptu announcement during the milonga. Enjoy!
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"Some Tango Rules"
Head to a milonga, a place where the dance is done by those who know it well (usually following a strict protocol of interactions between the sexes). A key concept in these places refers to the milonga eyes - perhaps you've heard fairy tales about two sets of eyes meeting across the room and then finding their way to each other on the dance floor. In some milongas, men and women sit on different sides of the room, couples only blending together in certain spots. Men and women will try to catch each other's eyes this way, flirting across the smoke-filled distance, adding nods, smiles, and sometimes hand movements for increased effect. The man finally approaches the woman, offering to dance. Often, there is not even a word between the two at this stage until they take the floor.
This ritual means that dancers need to be aware of a few things. Firstly, never, ever block anyone's view, especially a woman who is sitting by herself. Be aware of divisions between the sexes in seating (which might be enforced by the management anyway for newcomers), and follow the rules. As a foreigner, some very strict places might tell you they simply have no seats; you can overcome this obstacle by saying you are looking for a friend who arrived earlier. Avoid eye contact with members of the opposite sex if you have no idea what you're doing. You might be inviting a dance when all you want to do is watch, confusing some people who are completely absorbed in the rules of the game.
If a woman wants to dance with new men in order to practice the tango, she should not be seen entering the salon with a male friend, because most of the other men will assume she is already taken. If couples want to practice dancing with new people, they should enter the room separately. If you are coming in a group, divide yourselves up by sex for the same reason. Each milonga, however, maintains its own grip on these rules - some very strict, others abiding only by some. It's also best not to go to these places in large groups, and rather with a few people at a time or as a couple. The sudden entrance of a large group of noisy curious foreigners who don't know the place can instantly change the overall atmosphere. And importantly, show respect to where you are in terms of how you appear. While you needn't dress to the nines, a baseball cap and sneakers will ruin the atmosphere of the place (if they even let you in).
Originalni text: Some Tango Rules
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Tango Pravilnik
- ovde se igra tango i ucimo da postujemo principe milonge
- plesemo sa toplim, punim postovanja i prisnim zagrljajem
- pratimo liniju plesa, u suprotnom smeru kazaljki na satu
- trudimo se da ne cinimo korake unazad (po liniji plesa), uvek koracajuci napred, kako bi i trebalo da bude
- ne podizemo noge mnogo od zemlje, na taj nacin izbegavamo udaranje drugih igraca, Gancho i Boleo nikad ne radimo kad je guzva, time izbegavamo udaranje drugih igraca
- i "veoma vazno", postovanje je na prvom mestu plesnoj veceri zvanoj milonga koliko god da zalimo, nepostovanje ovih pravila cini ples "Cachirulo de Belgrado" nemoguc, hvala puno i uzivajte.
Pravilnik sa prevodom i licnom dopunom, by Branko Malovic
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Dress Code
Milongueros would never wear jeans and sneakers to a milonga because they respect the codes and tango.
Originalni text: Dress Code
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Dress Code
Milongueros would never wear jeans and sneakers to a milonga because they respect the codes and tango.
Originalni text: Dress Code
