Comments for Observations and Reactions

Comment on Mare Tranquilum (Tranquil Sea) by Carina

Carina — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:26:20 +0000

Beautiful Charles, congratulations!

Comment on Mare Tranquilum (Tranquil Sea) by sunnydayz

sunnydayz — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:12:48 +0000

Beautiful. It is no wonder the enemy of our souls has tried to steal the dance.

Comment on Semper Paratus* by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:19:34 +0000

In our Cologne dialect, “parat” means really really exhausted. As in “Ich bin parat.” Thinking about what tango can do to you, maybe an alternative translation. I really like your tango at work picture. Have not yet convinced anyone at my work place to lead me into a cross…

Comment on Exotic by noseintheair

noseintheair — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:53:25 +0000

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Comment on Exotic by Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:17:29 +0000

It was a pleasure meeting you on Saturday. Thank you for the dance and the conversation. After a season of searching and prayer to know whether my love of tango was Godly or not, it gave me great joy and encouragement to meet and talk with you. I hope that I will have the chance to talk with you again soon. If you are free on Monday, April 7th, I hope that you will be able to come to a prayer and share that my house is hosting. I will be in prayer for your house and for your retreat. Blessings from a sister- Jessica

Comment on Proverbs by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:32:15 +0000

For the lady: The accent of the boleo is on the highest point in the air. Not on the point when the foot touches the ground again. Now how can you put the accent (like an exclamation mark) up there, without pausing in the air? Well there is a lot of stuff a woman can keep herself busy with while the man stays convinced it is all in his lead

Comment on Walk like an Egyptian.. by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:11:20 +0000

If I may add two things, one for the lady and one for both…
Both: Take appropriate-length steps. Somewhere between your own normal steps and your partner’s. You can lead/follow with intention without making huge steps.
The lady (and this is actually related): Don’t over-extend your leg when walking backwards. The balls of your feet (and not just your toes) want to still touch the ground. Great for balance.

Comment on Boleo magic by noseintheair

noseintheair — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:55:16 +0000

I take it you mean “the follower” is to stop obsessing?

Comment on Boleo magic by eschiffer

eschiffer — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:44:28 +0000

the follow: Stop obsessing whether I can do this as a specific, fancy, glamorous move, where the leg flies around in some choreographed manner and just understand that it is a reversed step, just a step and whatever the change of direction does to the body when you are ready to allow this to happen.

Comment on Bantam Class & the Greenhouse by eschiffer

eschiffer — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:33:05 +0000

When I danced in Germany (Leipzig) with a very tall and experienced dancer, he said afterwards: “It’s important that you stay small and I stay tall while we are dancing. It doesn’t work if I try to shrink or you try to grow.” I can’t say that I have really understood how to do that, but something about it rings true.