Comments on: What makes a good dancer? http://www.limericktango.com/2010/01/what-makes-a-good-dancer/ ...from the Shannon to the Rio de la Plate Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: lg http://www.limericktango.com/2010/01/what-makes-a-good-dancer/#comment-409 lg Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:43:51 +0000 http://www.limericktango.com/?p=622#comment-409 what if the technique is suspect to begin with? for example you can always tell an argentine tango dancer that has crossed over from ballroom because of the way his head waggles. ever notice that? and what if your partner is lousy? in my town there are these two dancers who are lousy but they are into it and into each other and the way that they look at each other when they are dancing is a beautiful dance in and of itself. but really i agree with your comment on technique when watching some ballroom competitions. it makes me so sad to see how all of these beautiful, loveless, soulless automatons going through their prescribed gyrations. especially in the "Latin" competition, and all those creepy faces they make. it's almost laughable. almost. what if the technique is suspect to begin with? for example you can always tell an argentine tango dancer that has crossed over from ballroom because of the way his head waggles. ever notice that?

and what if your partner is lousy?

in my town there are these two dancers who are lousy but they are into it and into each other and the way that they look at each other when they are dancing is a beautiful dance in and of itself.

but really i agree with your comment on technique when watching some ballroom competitions.

it makes me so sad to see how all of these beautiful, loveless, soulless automatons going through their prescribed gyrations.

especially in the “Latin” competition, and all those creepy faces they make. it’s almost laughable. almost.

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