| How did you get interested in tango (movie, show, friend, music, email, just walking by...) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Response Text | ||||||
| 1 | ex-boyfriend | ||||||
| 2 | Accidently wen to the wrong class | ||||||
| 3 | Dancing other partner dances... looking for better instruction and technique... friends suggested I try it. Initially started only to improve my other dancing... since left behind other dancing. | ||||||
| 4 | Forever tango | ||||||
| 5 | Friend | ||||||
| 6 | movie and friend | ||||||
| 7 | singles group took me to Century one Friday evening and it was tango night. Took classes after that and never stopped. | ||||||
| 8 | I always thought it was very cool, but a former girlfriend was the catalyst. | ||||||
| 9 | bucket list | ||||||
| 10 | show | ||||||
| 11 | Friend whispered in my ear while we were dancing two step that there was something even better. | ||||||
| 12 | Drawn to the music and took class during a time my husband was busy on Friday nights with a sports team. | ||||||
| 13 | I traveled to Buenos Aires last summer and fell in love with tango. I told myself that I had to start taking lessons when I got back to Seattle and I haven't stopped dancing since! | ||||||
| 14 | music | ||||||
| 15 | show, friend | ||||||
| 16 | took a one hour class with a friend, loved it | ||||||
| 17 | happened to hear tango music and went in to see dance | ||||||
| 18 | class with friend | ||||||
| 19 | friend | ||||||
| 20 | reaching out socially | ||||||
| 21 | Decided to dance for social reasons | ||||||
| 22 | A friend recommended it to me- He and I met sailing. I was looking for something to do that did not involve alcohol or the bar scene. | ||||||
| 23 | Friend took me to second Friday milonga at Century. Same nite forever tango was in town. The cast did an impromptu demo...I was hooked after seeing that. | ||||||
| 24 | watched a milonga (didn't dance) but took class the following week. | ||||||
| 25 | A few minutes of tango as part of a performance at On The Boards looked fantastic. | ||||||
| 26 | Can't remember, have been wanting to dance it since I was very young! | ||||||
| 27 | Trip to Argentina where I saw it done and came back to study. | ||||||
| 28 | music | ||||||
| 29 | friend | ||||||
| 30 | Instructor in WCS loved Tango, kept sneaking it into my privates. I finally caught the bug, and it's my favorite dance now. | ||||||
| 31 | always loved tango, family tradition | ||||||
| 32 | Classes by Sonney Newman | ||||||
| 33 | Argentine travel book- Lonely Planet | ||||||
| 34 | saw a live performance many years ago, which exposed me to it. having already been doing other social partner dances, it seemed interesting to me as a new path to take. | ||||||
| 35 | friend | ||||||
| 36 | friend talk me into | ||||||
| 37 | I took a workshop at a contra dance camp for one week. Then years later saw someone dancing tango at a party and asked him where I could learn. The rest is history. | ||||||
| 38 | Friend | ||||||
| 39 | friend | ||||||
| 40 | friend, walking by | ||||||
| 41 | friend | ||||||
| 42 | a friend brought me to a workshop. I was enchanted. | ||||||
| 43 | movie, saw a class | ||||||
| 44 | The music. The romance. | ||||||
| 45 | movie, music | ||||||
| 46 | walked into a wrong class, never left. | ||||||
| 47 | I love the music | ||||||
| 48 | always wanted to learn to dance tango, but a friend finally convinced me to start taking classes. | ||||||
| 49 | music; multiple trips to Buenos Aires | ||||||
| 50 | walking by | ||||||
| 51 | I have always loved the music. Shortly after moving to Seattle, a friend wanted to take a tango class and asked if I would participate. | ||||||
| 52 | newly inspired by watching it at Folklife and friend invited me to a class | ||||||
| 53 | Walking by the Tango by the Lake milonga several years ago and was intrigued. | ||||||
| 54 | I love the music. I want a dance I can do when I'm in my 80's and 90's! | ||||||
| 55 | Saw a performance at the Century Ballroom and signed up for classes with a couple friends. | ||||||
| 56 | took a class, started going to milongas, go hooked. | ||||||
| 57 | Watched "Scent of a Woman" and became interested | ||||||
| 58 | knowing a tango instructor | ||||||
| 59 | From a very special person in my life. | ||||||
| 60 | Class with Michelle Bandion and Evan Wallace, then got totally hooked! | ||||||
| 61 | the initial Wild Week sponsored by Living Traditions in Port Townsend. | ||||||
| 62 | didn't know how to dance and picked tango | ||||||
| 63 | I enjoy dancing and thought I would try something new. | ||||||
| 64 | I'd started with ballroom dancing and three months later, I saw Argentine tango on youtube and was immediately mesmerized. I was in a class at sonny's a week later. | ||||||
| 65 | Ballroom dance class in college -> swing -> salsa -> tango | ||||||
| 66 | A friend recommended it | ||||||
| 67 | boyfriend was into it. Boyfriend gone. Tango remains. | ||||||
| 68 | a friend introduced me | ||||||
| 69 | Introduced by a friend | ||||||
| 70 | friend | ||||||
| 71 | popular culture | ||||||
| 72 | a friend that taught classes | ||||||
| 73 | cultural attachment | ||||||
| 74 | The Tango Lesson | ||||||
| 75 | partner | ||||||
| 76 | went to a practica with a friend | ||||||
| 77 | saw it in passing | ||||||
| 78 | The Moore Theater production years ago of Forever Tango | ||||||
| 79 | The music of pizzolla. | ||||||
| 80 | I was attending a weeklong contra dance camp and took a class in which they taught swing, salsa, and tango. It only took two half hour lessons and I was sold. | ||||||
| 81 | Always been interested in dancing, started tango to be able to go out with my brother (Who had been doing tango ~6 years at that point). | ||||||
| 82 | Friend, show | ||||||
| 83 | Friend. | ||||||
| 84 | can't recall exactly, had something to do with dancing salsa, taking other classes out of curiousity | ||||||
| 85 | Music: my father played Piazzola on his hi-fi Dance: "The Tango Lesson" (Sally Potter) probably planted the seeds, but it was my first real classes that got me hooked. | ||||||
| 86 | always have been | ||||||
| 87 | Tango Argentino | ||||||
| 88 | Scent of a Woman | ||||||
| 89 | friend | ||||||
| 90 | friend, music | ||||||
| 91 | Music + movements | ||||||
| 92 | Friend | ||||||
| 93 | a friend | ||||||
| 94 | crossover from ballroom dancing. | ||||||
| 95 | Saw Robin Thomas dance | ||||||
| 96 | friend | ||||||
| 97 | music | ||||||
| 98 | boyfriend danced it | ||||||
| 99 | friend | ||||||
| 100 | My mother brought me to it. | ||||||
| 101 | parents were dancers | ||||||
| 102 | just walking by | ||||||
| 103 | Music and Friend | ||||||
| 104 | A friend | ||||||
| 105 | Took a variety of dance classes to find one I liked. | ||||||
| 106 | girlfriend | ||||||
| 107 | friend introduced me | ||||||
| 108 | festival, watching others | ||||||
| 109 | A couple of classes in college. | ||||||
| 110 | organization I was working for hired 2 people to teach argentine tango for 2 sessions. took it for free and was hooked. It's the ultimate in partner dancing, imho | ||||||
| 111 | saw it danced | ||||||
| 112 | Larry's Wednesday alternative tango which was across the hall from the swing dance | ||||||
| 113 | Tango New Years Ball | ||||||
| 114 | Forever Tango show | ||||||
| 115 | Scent of a woman | ||||||
| 116 | I was born and raised in Montevideo, I always liked the music and the dance | ||||||
| 117 | show | ||||||
| 118 | friends | ||||||
| 119 | Wanting to be able to dance to traditional tango music. | ||||||
| 120 | all of them | ||||||