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How many times have you quit tango? Why did you leave? What convinced you / will convince you to stay or come back?
#Response DateResponse Text
1Mar 18, 2010 10:28 AMnone
2Mar 18, 2010 2:08 PMnever!
3Mar 18, 2010 3:17 PMNone
4Mar 18, 2010 4:22 PMNever quit... can't imagine I ever will...
5Mar 18, 2010 4:22 PM0
6Mar 18, 2010 5:04 PMOnce.
Left to concentrate on Salsa.
Came back because I felt it was time to expand my dance horizons.
7Mar 18, 2010 5:41 PMI quit every day and then start up again. It's the music.
8Mar 18, 2010 6:06 PMI quit for 2months after my first two months of classes just because I got discouraged. The music drew me back. I would listen to it and crave the connection. Very willing, generous leads encouraged me to continue.
9Mar 18, 2010 6:37 PMHaven't quit yet!
10Mar 18, 2010 7:43 PM0
11Mar 18, 2010 9:19 PM0
12Mar 18, 2010 9:27 PMI've come close to quitting a couple of dozen times, but within a few days I was back. I knew that if I quit tango, I was shutting a door on an opportunity to discover phenomenally important things about myself that I wasn't sure I could uncover any other way. These things were physical, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual.
13Mar 18, 2010 9:42 PMtwice. First time, most dances were on weekends and I wanted to spend those nights with my non dancing husband. Now there are more options and I can go mid week or on Sunday afternoons- yea! Second time was due to car acident that injured one of my feet. Had to wait about 18 months to heal.
14Mar 18, 2010 10:18 PM0
15Mar 18, 2010 10:27 PMnone
16Mar 19, 2010 1:06 AMnot
17Mar 19, 2010 4:37 AMjust starting. doubt I'll quit as long as I can walk. I'm already passionate about it at 3 months into it
18Mar 19, 2010 5:14 PMTwice, frustration and lack of confidence. Loved the dance and finally made commitment to continue no matter what.
19Mar 19, 2010 5:32 PMNone
20Mar 19, 2010 6:43 PMnone but
21Mar 19, 2010 7:22 PM0
22Mar 19, 2010 7:50 PMnone
23Mar 19, 2010 9:05 PMzero
24Mar 19, 2010 10:17 PMNA
25Mar 19, 2010 10:22 PM0
26Mar 19, 2010 11:15 PMNever
27Mar 20, 2010 12:19 AMNEVER
28Mar 20, 2010 1:03 AMNone.
29Mar 20, 2010 3:12 AMi have never quit
30Mar 20, 2010 2:53 PM1
31Mar 20, 2010 3:45 PMNever totally quit, but have quit various venues because of discouraging ratio of men to woment. Seattle is the only place I've ever seen that has too many Leads!
32Mar 21, 2010 10:09 AM0
33Mar 21, 2010 5:36 PMI have not.
34Mar 21, 2010 5:42 PM0
35Mar 21, 2010 7:47 PMI quit twice. I first tried it for a few months, but it was early in tango's development in North America (1993), and difficult to find many others who did it, or good teachers to learn from. So I shelved it, came back to it in 2004, casually, then quit again when I moved to a new city to start a new job, then re-started in earnest after I had settled in to the new job. And I haven't looked back since.
36Mar 21, 2010 9:33 PMQuit once because my boyfriend didn't want to take more lessons. Now taking class on my own. Will stay because I have extensive dance & sports background from long ago and can make it through the months/years of discomfort before reaching some level of competence. Plus, am part of a small group of tango friends helping each other to stay with it.
37Mar 22, 2010 4:00 AM1 time. I did leave because of relationship i had. I come back, after I realized that Tango it's my deal . I don't want to share tango with anyone.
38Mar 22, 2010 4:21 AMnever
39Mar 22, 2010 6:33 AM0
40Mar 22, 2010 8:08 AMseveral. fed up with the people involved.
41Mar 22, 2010 8:28 AMtwice. Didn't feel I'd ever get good enough to enjoy it. I came back because in the end I couldn't stay away.
42Mar 22, 2010 9:43 AMnone!!
43Mar 22, 2010 4:40 PM0
44Mar 23, 2010 12:37 AMnever quit but had a long hiatus when my initial partner quit. Now I go to practicas solo. Hard to penetrate the culture without a regular partner. Maybe you should have a partner match bulletin board on this site?
45Mar 23, 2010 5:40 PMstayed on :). not quit.
46Mar 23, 2010 9:03 PMNever.
47Mar 23, 2010 10:14 PM0
48Mar 23, 2010 11:13 PMMany. Atmosphere. The love for it and need to do it.
49Mar 24, 2010 4:12 AM0
50Mar 24, 2010 5:04 PMAlmost quit tango at the beginning because it was so difficult and because I felt like the community was too clique-ish and hard to break in to. But, I started practicing more with people in my classes, and my dancing improved and I made some great friends. So, never actually quit.
51Mar 24, 2010 7:21 PMzero
52Mar 24, 2010 7:28 PMpause for injuries
53Mar 24, 2010 9:32 PMI have never quit tango and am highly unlikely to do so.
54Mar 25, 2010 3:32 PMtwice
55Mar 25, 2010 5:29 PMDid not quit tango
56Mar 25, 2010 9:22 PMOnce. My kids were very young and we had less time than we do now.
57Mar 26, 2010 1:58 AMNever :)
58Mar 26, 2010 3:28 AMOnce; I had plateaued in abilities after my 1st year, and I wasn't able to duplicate intermediate level sequences in class. However, I switched to ballroom dancing and as a side benefit, improved my ability to learn by sight. I went to Tango Magic which showed me the importance of learning close embrace and the benefits of learning from different teachers. Afterwards, I got back into tango, and I've been doing it off and on ever since.
59Mar 26, 2010 4:52 AMNone
60Mar 26, 2010 3:29 PMn/a
61Mar 26, 2010 7:26 PMNever. I do not date tango dancers :)
62Mar 26, 2010 11:32 PMNot quit yet
63Mar 27, 2010 12:36 AMIt goes on hold. Most recently due to years of hip pain. though I no longer have pain, I'm out of practice at getting on the floor. i dance it whenever i'm with someone who also tangos.
64Mar 27, 2010 1:23 AMvacation from tango but never quit
65Mar 27, 2010 3:55 AMA few times. I was brought back to it by a desire to dance.
66Mar 27, 2010 4:10 AMNever. I wouldn't do that to tango.
67Mar 28, 2010 10:26 PMAbout every other month! For school, work travel, injury, other health problems, other hobbies. To stay consistent, I would need to be healthy, have a routine that involves adequate sleep and still be able to dance, and have time to pursue other hobbies.
68Mar 29, 2010 10:58 PMNever quit.
69Mar 29, 2010 11:12 PMokay, this sounds like another survey I took that Clay put out. I'm not answering the whole thing again.
70Mar 30, 2010 2:39 AMnever, will dance till the day I die.
71Mar 30, 2010 8:47 PMNever! What convinces me to stay is the complexity of the dance, the effort required to learn it deeply, the discipline to submerge the self in the partnership and the beauty of the embrace.
72Mar 31, 2010 3:30 AMnever
73Mar 31, 2010 5:15 AM-1
-time constraints
-came back because of the love of the art form
74Mar 31, 2010 6:49 AMHaha, multiple! Mostly due to lack of time and sleep. Tango is not easy while holding a day job.
75Apr 1, 2010 5:32 PMnever
76Apr 1, 2010 5:58 PMNever!!!
77Apr 1, 2010 9:43 PMnever
78Apr 2, 2010 6:12 AMnever
79Apr 2, 2010 5:56 PMTwice. Life changes and personal relationships made dancing difficult. Coming back was needed to round out life again.
80Apr 2, 2010 11:04 PMI haven't quit but I do so much other kind of dancing that I don't do tango only.
81Apr 3, 2010 1:38 AMI took a few lessions more than 10 years ago. I started dancing frequently 4 years ago when I had a consistent partner for a few months, and then continued dancing when the relationship ended.
82Apr 3, 2010 4:52 AMI have thought of quitting tango several times because of a perception of snobbery in Seattle at the milongas. However, I love the dance and I am not a quitter so I have persevered. While dancing tango in NY, Portland, Victoria, and Port Townsend, I have not run into similar snobbery/elitism which makes me think that there are a lot of pretentious people in Seattle tango circles. I wonder if that will ever change. The situation seems to occur only in Seattle.
83Apr 3, 2010 5:32 AMNone, although I have cut back a couple times as I became more busy.
84Apr 3, 2010 4:46 PMIts an on and off love affair. Depends whose my tango partner.
85Apr 3, 2010 5:56 PMNone
86Apr 3, 2010 6:25 PMI'm just not consistent in my commitment, never really quit.
87Apr 3, 2010 6:58 PMNone!
88Apr 3, 2010 9:40 PM0
89Apr 3, 2010 11:06 PMNever
90Apr 3, 2010 11:10 PMOur dancing is seasonal. Never really quit, just pause and come back. I think we will always come back for the connection, the music, the spirituality of the dance
91Apr 4, 2010 1:43 AMI did not quit per se, but usually do not attend summer sessions
92Apr 4, 2010 4:19 AMthree
93Apr 5, 2010 4:46 AMI've never quited tango.
94Apr 5, 2010 10:33 AMNone.
95Apr 5, 2010 4:52 PMweekly for the past four years
the music always wins my heart
96Apr 5, 2010 6:02 PMHave never quit entirely but I don't come out as often. I LOVE the dance but do not like the "culture". Do not like the so called codes; they do not make for a nice ambiance or friendly social environment. Find tango to be unhealthy on a social level. Too many follows. Not enough experienced leads. We need to find a way to attract leads and then once we attract them, we need to figure out ways to retain them.
97Apr 5, 2010 8:32 PMnone
98Apr 6, 2010 1:20 AM0
99Apr 6, 2010 10:19 PMonce: love
100Apr 7, 2010 2:37 AMtwice.
other dances taking more time, other life pursuits
friends, joy of the dance.
101Apr 7, 2010 4:42 AMi haven't quit. i love the music and the movement of dancing, it's beautiful.
102Apr 7, 2010 4:46 AMI nearly quit when I wasn't getting enough dances/ sitting for hours without getting asked. Also, the bonecrushing elitism from the young crowd. I now dance nonstop when at dances.
103Apr 7, 2010 8:58 PMnever
104Apr 8, 2010 8:11 PMnever, guess I am too early to leave
105Apr 9, 2010 4:59 AM0, just started
106Apr 9, 2010 4:11 PMTwice while traveling.
107Apr 9, 2010 7:28 PMOnce because I didn't feel like I was progressing. Then came back with a different approach to classes and practice.
108Apr 9, 2010 11:54 PMna
109Apr 11, 2010 12:09 AMtwice - broke up with partner. I really missed the connection of tango so I returned on my own.
110Apr 11, 2010 1:15 AMhaven't yet
111Apr 11, 2010 6:42 PMMostly, I just get too busy to dance and then start again when I have time. Right now, I am not dancing due to injury.
112Apr 12, 2010 10:24 PMOnce started, never quit, never looked back.
113Apr 13, 2010 1:31 AMnever quit
114Apr 13, 2010 9:00 AMnever quit
115Apr 13, 2010 4:32 PMNone.
116Apr 13, 2010 4:37 PMNone
117Apr 13, 2010 8:18 PMnever
118Apr 14, 2010 2:27 AMNever. There's no chance of quitting after you get the hang of it, especially how it feels
119Apr 14, 2010 3:29 PM0
120Apr 14, 2010 6:43 PMmany
121Apr 14, 2010 8:55 PMSeveral. I find the scene to be intimidating, too serious, not friendly. It's not that I want everyone to be laughing as we often do when dancing salsa or swing, but why not smile occasionally?
122Apr 15, 2010 7:03 AMN/A