tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post2543375679331020527..comments2023-06-22T11:03:21.836-04:00Comments on Irene and Man Yung's Tango Blog: Dance Popularity QuotientIrene and Man Yunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902209997189563931noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post-49939341059465160362008-12-26T00:54:00.000-05:002008-12-26T00:54:00.000-05:00Dear Elizabeth,It'll be a treat to meet (and argue...Dear Elizabeth,<BR/><BR/>It'll be a treat to meet (and argue with) you in person - I hope that the chance for a trip to Seattle/Portland will occur for us in the near future!<BR/><BR/>As for the question of "age", it's precisely my point that some of the best dancers in tango are those with the depths of feeling and emotion that could only come from life experience. A lot of "good" Toronto leaders tend to go for the pretty/sexy blank slates, regardless of dance ability. Lots of leaders here want to impress on the dance floor by being seen with the newest pretty young girl and what's more, they love to play Svengali. It's frustrating. <BR/><BR/>I've read your blog and I believe from reading it you are a woman who has lived and still lives her life to its fullest every single day. You celebrate yourself and your life in each moment. It's a beautiful thing and I'm sure it translates into your dancing. <BR/><BR/>Merry x'mas,<BR/><BR/>IreneIrene and Man Yunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902209997189563931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post-67509889790490624682008-12-25T16:28:00.000-05:002008-12-25T16:28:00.000-05:00No problem, W are, to be fair, pretty lucky in Sea...No problem, <BR/>W are, to be fair, pretty lucky in Seattle, and in Portland with lots of great leads who don't discrimnate on any basisi other than dance ability, as far as I know. You ought to visit sometime so we can argue in person, which we all love here in our tango world. Argue, get real mad, then dance, blissfully, together.<BR/>I may be a little sensitive on the age issue, being old, and all. but jeesh people, it is so self defeating. Celebrating every wrinkle!<BR/>Merry Christmas<BR/>XO<BR/>EElizabeth Brintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post-48171300401948027142008-12-24T22:53:00.000-05:002008-12-24T22:53:00.000-05:00Dear Elizabeth,I am very pleased that you are danc...Dear Elizabeth,<BR/><BR/>I am very pleased that you are dancing as much as you are, obviously the conditions for followers are not as dire in your community as compared to Toronto. I wrote my "quiz" based on my experience and the experiences of other follower friends and acquaintances in Toronto who are confounded with the mystery of why they get so few dances. More often than not these Toronto followers are lovely people, attractive, intelligent, and great dancers - and all of them outrageously nice and in no way obnoxious or snarky (those would be characteristics I eagerly reserve for myself). But they can sit for an entire night without being asked to dance. They are disadvantaged solely by being perhaps not in the first blush of youth, or perhaps they are unable to bring themselves to offer glowing flattery to leaders, or perhaps they don't belong to the coolest tango "clique", or perhaps due to body type/age/religion/personal beliefs etc., they are uncomfortable with attracting more attention by donning revealing or sexy clothing.<BR/><BR/>Toronto leaders, in contrast, can dance like bumper cars or orangutans, have appalling manners and dress sense - in short get away with murder - and still dance with any follower they want. Why? Supply and Demand.<BR/><BR/>I think you have an issue when I make fun of "Face Dancing". Express your bliss if that's what you really feel - I'm only concerned about the fakers. I've already clarified my position in an early post and I won't reiterate again - we can agree to disagree. <BR/><BR/>You are not being "Profiled". There is no "Profile". There's only my personal bewilderment and expression of outrage at the injustice of it all for Toronto followers...Irene and Man Yunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902209997189563931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post-30764091483271511542008-12-24T22:17:00.000-05:002008-12-24T22:17:00.000-05:00Dear Johanna,I really should work on being more mo...Dear Johanna,<BR/><BR/>I really should work on being more moist and glisteny, all I've managed so far is a "dry bored frown of Wal-Mart contemplation" - certainly not the way to dig myself out of the minus 500,000 points of being a most deeply unpopular and universally disliked tango blogger!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all your comments, happy holidays and all the best for 2009!<BR/><BR/>IreneIrene and Man Yunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902209997189563931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post-4166380794094365212008-12-24T21:56:00.000-05:002008-12-24T21:56:00.000-05:00This sort of annoys me, being a woman almost 60 ye...This sort of annoys me, being a woman almost 60 years old, sometimes wearing sneakers, more often CIF's , and always dancing. I wear what I want, often low cut becaue I like it, almost always a dress,but it could be something ratty, on a hot day, at the partk, but always perfume, no conversation on the floor, and yes, expression of bliss, possibly, and even with bare feet sometimes. I don't think I fit your "profile". Maybe the bliss makes up for the age. whatever...Elizabeth Brintonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814965814308408209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1771406579622061482.post-9149110602281137352008-12-24T00:34:00.000-05:002008-12-24T00:34:00.000-05:00"expression of moist glistening ecstasy"You're kil..."expression of moist glistening ecstasy"<BR/><BR/>You're killing me Irene!<BR/><BR/>And I must be the belle of the ball, with just one shoe :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com