| What is your favorite thing about Tango in general? What is your favorite thing about Tango in Seattle? What would you like to see more of in the Seattle tango scene? What would you like to see less of in the Seattle tango scene? | |||||||
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| 1 | Favorite thing- the people, the connection... it's a great scene! | ||||||
| 2 | The intimacy of the dance with my partner. I would like to see/hear more live music. | ||||||
| 3 | Friendships and connections are the favorite thing in general. Seattle has some reliably good leads for me to dance with. I would like to see more courtesy and kindess. I would like to see less hot shot rude floorcraft. | ||||||
| 4 | In general, I love the music and the people. My favorite thing is when you have a great connection with someone. Sometimes it happens with poeple you did not enjoy in the past and they learned more and they are wonderful now. We have all been there... I would like to see more tango on the Eastside... | ||||||
| 5 | I love tango for its connectedness, improvisation, sensuality, and sophistication. The tango scene in Seattle is fabulous. There are a large number of very good teachers of many styles of tango, many wonderful opportunities for milongas and practicas, great venues, and a never-ending stream of workshops given by visiting teachers, as well as local ones. Plus, there's a community of great people. | ||||||
| 6 | buzz from a great tanda
quality of dancing slightly earlier milongas on weeknights less tribalism, more respect for other dancers | ||||||
| 7 | More: Alternative music tandas | ||||||
| 8 | My favorite thing about tango in general is that it affords me an endless opportunities for self-discovery. Dancing to music makes me happy, probably because it's hard-wired into our species, and produces endorphins. I love Seattle's many venues and teachers, its creative and contributory dancers, and most of it, its website. I brag regularly to other communities about our website. I would like to see a regular alternative music/nuevo milonga in the Seattle tango scene. Also, more hospitality to out-of-town guests: point them out at milongas so that we homies can make sure to ask them to dance. Maybe a message board for guests to request rides or accommodations. Most important of all, can we gradually shift to earlier start times for milongas/practicas during weekdays? Like Denver does? Denver also has a mixer activity at their big practica, and a board of directors which helps manage and promote cohesive tango activities and recruitment of new dancers. Perhaps we could take a look at such a thing? | ||||||
| 9 | I wish we had more practicas and Milongas that started earlier. 7 or 8 PM would be much better than 9:30PM since many people have to be at work early. Other than La Garua, everything else starts late. The tango tea is well attended in part because it's earlier and allows people to get home in time to spend with family and get a good night's sleep for Monday. I know people stay out late in Argentina, but in Seattle people do get up earlier. Could you add something about this to your next Survey? We keep getting new milongas and practicas added, but they are just the same time at a different venue. Instead of doing more of the same, it would be good to do something earlier to get people who wouldn't attend a 9:30 milonga or practica instead of doing something at the same time that competes with another milonga/practica. | ||||||
| 10 | I love tango because it's so much fun yet challenging at the same time. I like the diversity of tango teaching styles in Seattle, I feel that we're really blessed here with wonderful traditional teachers as well as great nuevo instructors. My favorite thing about tango in Seattle is the opportunity to take lessons from great instructors from all over the world, primarily the visiting Argentines. I would like to see less of the people who seem to have no respect for the line of dance at milongas and who seem to be oblivious to other dancers on the floor at practicas. If you cannot stop crashing into people on the dance floor, maybe you should reconsider social dancing! In addition, sometimes I wish there was more collaboration between different groups of tango instructors/venues instead of a feel of "clique-ishness" from venue to venue. | ||||||
| 11 | favorite thing about tango: music and dancing with the partner to the music favorite thing about tango in seattle: it is at most 20 minutes away i would like to see more: good dancers, good DJ-ing i would like to see less: milongas and teachers least favorite thing about tango: people talking about it mystifying it but not actually listening to it and dancing it, and the fact that everyone and their mom decides to teach tango so we end up with so many mediocre teachers that want to charge big $$ | ||||||
| 12 | like manners and courtesy of tango community like a few good DJs Wish there were more early-evening times Wish we had a committee to talk with the few permanent floor menaces about their navigation attitudes. | ||||||
| 13 | the presence required, the sensual quality, the returning to a still point, the balance, the connection, the tuned in, inwardness required of a follow. The improvisational aspect. the people. | ||||||
| 14 | I love the music, the embrace, the moves, and the challenge of the dance. I like that there is dancing every night in Seattle. I would like to see more dances and practicas start earlier, say at 8 instead of 9:30pm. I would like to see all snobbishness go away. | ||||||
| 15 | More of: DJ displaying orchestra information about tanda Leads watching where they are going. Identity. Not suits and sport jackets necessarily but nice. More of a structured weekly class series by the "most important instructor from argentina" A brief performance at Milongas are nice. Less of: Fancy dancers in crowed milonga (wide fast turns are for open space) Workshops by the "most important instructor from argentina" | ||||||
| 16 | 1) Cultivating a connection, and pushing it to the limits with a partner (meaning staying connected through more and more complex moves until you've reached your limit as a pair...and then stretching just a bit further. 2) Vibrant community 3) Early options for dancing (meaning events starting @ 8:00 or so). 4) n/a | ||||||
| 17 | Prefer to dance in Tacoma | ||||||
| 18 | I love to dance tango. It is great to get out and see how different leads can dance differently and their level of musicality. I enjoy moving around to try new out new leads, and have my steady favorites. The connections is a key element. i wish seattle was not so stuck up. I danced in portland for about a year twice a month and loved the scene. people were warm and friendly. I often hear from new folks how stuck up and stiff seattle is. We were ALL a beginner at one point, and we must not forget that. We should be more welcoming and friendly. I doubt i will attend the seattle tangomajic festival ever again. I plan to attend portland twice a year and maybe another one in another location. About the only thing i enjoy for the seattle tango festival is the salmon bake. Great place to have some food, wine, and mingle with friends. It would be nice if the fellow dance instructors would also offer to dance with students at milongas or practicas, even for one or two songs of a tanda. Make folks feel welcome and appreciated. I know I have spend countless dollars for group classes and then made the plung for privates. I would gladly spend money on privates, as long as i know the instructor represents themselves as real and not "above" me. Being humble and welcoming and offering support. I love the sunday milongas- John Isley does a fabulous job and has some great munchies. the music is wonderful and teh atmosphere is great. i would like to see good munchies like he does at other milongas, even the once a month at century. its worth the extra dollar or two for a light refreshment. If memory serves me well, Tonly and Illana do the same thing...great floor, great music and great munchies! | ||||||
| 19 | the connection and music. The variety of dancers. additional milonga choices. cliques. | ||||||
| 20 | Tango is a joyous, gently sensual experience. A way to share a connection with a friend or stranger. A way to meet nice and interesting people. Seattle is not bad in terms of floorcraft, but we could do better. Most people respect line-of-dance and space; the few who don't sometimes spoil things. No one is more important than anyone else. At the few milongas where the cabeceo is used here, it would be nice if everyone cleared the floor during the cortinas so the sightlines aren't blocked. But overall: Seattle is a nice tango town. | ||||||
| 21 | More alternative milongas! | ||||||
| 22 | The music. Variety of venues. Earlier starting dances. | ||||||
| 23 | Favorite thing about tango - connection Favorite thing about tango in Seattle - variety of tango centers/styles | ||||||
| 24 | I love the intimate, personal nature of the embrace and how it changes so much from dance to dance, from partner to partner. Least favorite thing is people doing Stage Tango moves on the social dance floor. Need more females in the community. | ||||||
| 25 | What is your favorite thing about Tango in Seattle - all the beautiful, great-dancing women What would you like to see more of in the Seattle tango scene - practicas and milongas What would you like to see less of in the Seattle tango scene - men in tank tops | ||||||
| 26 | Dancing, Dah...and socializing. I would like to see a kind of informal weekly dinner and dance. As in like minded people have a dinner somewhere and go to tango aftterward. | ||||||
| 27 | My favorite thing about Tango in general is the connection, and having lots of fun in a low/non alcohol environment. My favorite thing about Tango in Seattle is the availability of functions and events. I would like to see more friendliness to beginning or newer dancers, to be more like the Portland Tango community in that way. Also, maybe have another late afternoon/early evening miloga- like on Sundays eg. La garua, Shushesta- they are great! I would like to see less unfriendliness to new members of the community. I would like to see less Cargo Pants, Jeans, and/or T-shirts at Milongas. | ||||||
| 28 | I like tango's comparatively blank slate in the spectrum of social partner dances, and its rich historical heritage. I like that Seattle has many options - one or more every night of the week - for participating in tango, and that there is, by and large, good music and circumstances for participating at a relatively modest cost (in dollars). I would like to see more house parties, more socializing that isn't necessarily exclusively tango. I would like to see more of organizers collaborating so as to not offer workshops on nearby weekends to one another - 3+ weeks between workshops should be the norm, and never less than 2 weeks between workshops (whether visiting teachers or local ones). I would like to see an attitude and approach that is exclusively a growth mindset - not "they are competing with me, they are taking students/customers from me" but "let's together work to grow the pie, attract more students to the dance, make Seattle alive with tango." I would like to see more guided practicas being offered, and a top-to-bottom encouragement to develop one's individual skill and technique in the dance, that this is a primary pathway to improving the quality of the dance with another, and a (further) de-emphasis on "moves". Correspondingly, I would like to see more dancers focusing on their individual technique and developing their dance skill as individuals, rather than simply showing up at milongas and staying more or less the same in their skill. Tango is seen by many as a "serious" and perhaps event "stern" dance. I would like to see more people enjoy whimsy in dancing tango! That is, I'd like to see more music played and teaching done that highlights and fosters this possibility in the dance. | ||||||
| 29 | Fav thing about tango-the learning curve. Fav about Tango in Seattle-lots of options for classes, practicas, milongas. Don't know enough to answer other questions. | ||||||
| 30 | How it makes me feel. I haven't been in a milonga in Seattle yet so I can't say. | ||||||
| 31 | Favorite (general): The exhilaration of executing the geometry of the dance to complex music. Favorite (Seattle): allseattletango.com, The 8th Style More of: Interesting venues, house parties, creative people Less of: Many of the pre-existing personalities of the scene. | ||||||
| 32 | Moot point in that I am an tango ex-pat. | ||||||
| 33 | that there is dancing everynight I would like to see more people continue to grow in there dancing. | ||||||
| 34 | I would love to see some live music - dance to live music. | ||||||
| 35 | music!!! I like some of our DJ's very much. | ||||||
| 36 | I wish we had some milongas that played a mix of both traditional and contemporary music (not a practica... a formal milonga). | ||||||
| 37 | I can express myself. Lots of venues. Alternative milonga. Snobs. And teachers cooperation between each other. | ||||||
| 38 | Favorite about Tango in Seattle: 1) Excellent instructors! 2) Great skill level of dancers in general. 3) Many out-of-town instructors come here for workshops. Would like More of in Seattle Tango scene: 1) Opportunities to get to know other dancers better i.e. social acitivites mixed w/dancing (the salmon bake at tangomagic is always a great opportunity to socialize & dance). 2) Encourage more DJ's to post the name of the song/orchestra during milongas/practicas. | ||||||
| 39 | The variety of venues and opportunities to dance are very strong, it would be hard to ask for more. | ||||||
| 40 | My favourite thing about Tango is its improvisational aspect. No two dancers dance the same way, though many dance similar "dialects." It is constantly changing. The thing I love most about Tango in Seattle is the fact that I can dance every single night of the week if I so choose. The community is very active and supportive. I would like to see a tango nuevo tanda at a milonga every once in a while, and more performances by local teachers. Less steps and more technique in classes! | ||||||
| 41 | another mILONGA choice ON Friday - other than just sonny's - yet in the Seattle area Not Eastside | ||||||
| 42 | Tango dancers and instructors need to be more inclusive. Dance with people you know are beginners - this is how they learn. Instructors need to dance more with people at their milongas. Instructors need to attend other instructor's milongas - what a sense of unity this would provide! What about having milonga socials? Socialize with people before dancing, to better get to know each other. You can dance with people and never really talk with them. It would be nice to have a great milonga on the eastside. I really enjoy the Century Ballroom and Tango Tea milonga. At the Tea, John personally greets me every time, so I feel welcomed - very nice. | ||||||
| 43 | I love the variety of events and variety of geographic locations. Sometimes I feel many dancers are unfriendly, clickish and stuck up. | ||||||
| 44 | I like connecting with different people. I enjoy the challenge of constantly improving and working on this dance. I feel that there will always be ways for me to improve my dancing :) I like the fact that there is dancing every night of the week in Seattle and that we get lots of great workshops with fabulous dancers. Would like to see more performances by local dancers as a way to encourage people to get better and grow their dancing. Would like to see less generic dancing and more unique styles. Right now it all looks the same more or less. | ||||||
| 45 | I love that Seattle has a large enough tango community that there are so many classes, milongas, and workshops to choose from, and that you can dance any night of the week. I'd like to see a less divided scene at the professional level and less cliquishness at milongas among amateaurs. | ||||||
| 46 | The feeling in the dance, Sonny Newman makes Seattle Tango special. Maybe another tango orchestra at milonga's! | ||||||
| 47 | more friendliness to newcomers at the milongas; more ways to meet people as a newcomer to tango | ||||||
| 48 | Everybody is different. I am looking forward to going out to tango by myself in a foreign country in the future. Even though I do not speak the local language, I have one common language, Tango... Meeting new people, making new friends, socializing, chit chatting with lovely Argentine dancers, going to workshops, seeing more and more familiar faces day by day, and having fun... | ||||||
| 49 | Love the music and partner connection. Hate being fairly new and not getting to dance with the better dancers. Love the Sunday Tango in Seattle, love the community and friendship and variety of places to go. Like to see more Neuvo music its all very traditional, no one plays the modern tango music. | ||||||
| 50 | the joy it's local earlier times snobbish attitude | ||||||
| 51 | musicality from the leads, more dances for the follows | ||||||
| 52 | I love tango because it is very intimate and truly makes me love people, with any flaws or for whoever they may be. I love the seattle tango scene because there is a wealth of types of tango. There are so many points of view of what tango "should" be or "is". I'd like to see more classes during the weekend. I never have time on the weekdays to dance. | ||||||
| 53 | In general, the intellectual challenge, the richness & complexity of the art, the fact that I can keep dancing tango into old age and it will keep me ambulatory until the day I die. In Seattle, the quality of dancing and instruction. | ||||||
| 54 | favorite thing about tango in general, the music, the connection tango in Seattle: its availability / frequency More of in the tango scene: cooperation, connectedness Less of in the tango scene: primadonna-ism | ||||||
| 55 | Stated earlier but top two are the beauty of the embrace and the variety of the experience. My favorite thing about Tango in Seattle is/are the many very good Milongas and the fact that we haven't become fractionalized into a nuevo/traditional community. I'm a traditional dancer, but I enjoy having the nuevo dancers at all of the Milongas -- especially the ones who don't lead boleos into the other dancers on the floor. Which brings me to what we need more of. . . . . the floorcraft here is just awful. Leaders aren't always dancing with the music, they don't respect the line of dance, they create navigational problems for others and some leaders insist on dancing a performance style -- stopping, ganchos, boleos, dips, etc --no matter how crowded the floor and how inexperienced the follower is. On some evenings I am kicked four or five times by some clueless follower who is just doing what her leader has told her to do. Bad. Bad. Bad. | ||||||
| 56 | Love the people. Love it when people get along. Dislike it when things get political. Dislike leads who stop taking lessons too early and are long-term disasters on the dance floor. Wish there were tango police to issue tickets for moving violations. | ||||||
| 57 | -love the sensuality and "rawness" of the dance -love the number of people dancing tango and the huge tango scene! in seattle | ||||||
| 58 | Hmmm, tough to choose, but mainly it's my friends that keep me coming back. It's a great community of dancers, decent djs, and great teachers. I love that I can go dancing almost every night of the week, and I can find out about all of it on allseattletango.com! I'd love more opportunities to learn about the music and find out which instructors are available for private lessons. Also, more opportunities to dance on Friday and Saturday nights would be nice! | ||||||
| 59 | My favorite thing is the possibility of expressing feelings in a close-embrace via body language communication. I like the frequency of the milongas, and the availability of milongas that favor the close embrace and milonguero styles. I would like to see more local teachers and students concentrate on the fundamentals of good social tango, and less on the performance-fantasy styles that do not contribute to better social dancing. I would like more emphasis on expressiveness and musicality and less on doing steps in a vacuum, with no emotional feeling. I would like to reduce the number of traveling teachers in general, and to select only the ones who favor social dancing instruction and less gimmicks. | ||||||
| 60 | It fills my need for anonymous intimacy!!!! I don't know anything about the Seattle tango scene - I live on the other side of the country :-) | ||||||
| 61 | I just like the dance High level of dancing in Seattle | ||||||
| 62 | The connection. Always a dance every night in Seattle. | ||||||
| 63 | I like the music. I like the mental challenge . It's a good way to socialized. it offers a modicum of exercise. I like the many opportunities for dancing and instrucction in Seattle. I like that it is affordable. I like the kind of people one meets in tango, they seem to have interests similar to mine. I'm interested in Neuvo tango, I would like if more instruction were available. It would also be nice if some dances had a larger mix of Milonga and Vals, I've taken a few workshops, but my skills never develop because I don't often encounter Milonga or Vals at the practicas I go to. | ||||||
| 64 | I love tango for so many reasons. It is such a metaphor for life with connection, with the roles that women and men play for eachother, for the creativity, for the individualism, for the gracefulness and play and passion and emotion, for the smoothness and intricacies of movement, for the challenge of truly being in one's body, for the musica, for the embrace, for the touch of another, for the sensuality... My favorite thing about tango in Seattle is that there are choices of days and venues and classes and wonderful wood floors. I also like to see my tango friends. I would like to see more of a generous spirit from the leads to dance with people who do not have as much experience as they do perhaps, or who are older than they are, taller, shorter, slimmer, wider, different, or unknown. I would like to see less of this perceived pretentiousness and more of a community feeling. I dance with beginners sometimes and it can be painful but we all started somewhere and it's just the right thing to do to encourage others. | ||||||
| 65 | General Favorite: Quality of connection between lead and follow Seattle Favorite: The variety of venues available for dancing More: People. It would be lovely to see the tango community continue to grow. Maybe an additional festival at some point in the year. Less: Not sure. Pretty happy. | ||||||
| 66 | Conversation w/o words between two people. Good DJ's. Dinner and dancing venues. More welcoming athmosphere, more friendly dancers. | ||||||
| 67 | My favorite thing about tango is dancing. I have not yet attended anything like letras y poesias, but I would like to and plan to ... schedule permitting. My favorite thing about tango in Seattle is dancing. I like the fact that there are several practicas and milongas in convenient locations and all with slightly different mood, crowd, focus. Also, I feel like the general attitude is positive, helpful, and even generous. This was not the case in Detroit, the only other place I danced tango at all. I would like to see a bit more shared culture as far as etiquette for practicas, milongas -- but mostly I would very much like to see more live music. | ||||||
| 68 | #1 is a tough question. In general, I would say my favorite thing is that the dance and music adds a "tango texture" that becomes part of one's way of being. My favorite thing about tango in Seattle is the ease of parking, compared to other cities. More of/less of: Comparing Seattle with other cities, many of us have noted a certain uptightedness among Seattle tangueros/tangueras. Seattle is known for its fresh seafood, and it's also in the running for the "cold fish" of tango destinations. I am not alone in wanting to see less cliqueishness, and more openess to dancers who may not study with the same teachers or travel in the same circles as you. For example, I have noticed that it's not unusual to see a follow from out-of-town wait forever to be asked to dance by Seattle men, simply because she's not a known quantity. Likewise, it's not uncommon here for a beginning or low-intermediate tanguera to refuse an experienced lead, simply because she doesn't know him. I don't encounter this much in other cities. I would also like to see more physical and attitudinal "honesty" in the average Seattle dancer. After all, it's not really tango if your body doesn't express willingness and even sentimiento with the lead or follow you are supposedly embracing. | ||||||
| 69 | The energy is my favorite thing LEAST favorite is the snobbery and cliques-- why can't we all get along? I would like to see less competition between groups and instructors. It is a total turnoff and it embarrasses me that some who "think they're all that" ignore others who aren' t the same as them. Get over yourselves! | ||||||
| 70 | I like Seattle Tango crowd. We have great instructors here and people who are passionate about this dance. Please keep it going. I would like to hear more music variety. | ||||||
| 71 | I love that it gives me such huge stress relief and is meditative. I feel refreshed and satisfied afterward, which is a nice break from my heady work. I love Seattle tango because there is a very high level of dancing and the scene is extremely friendly and active, with a high throughput of amazing teachers. More events on Friday nights. | ||||||
| 72 | fav: music, and dance friends, in general and in seattle less conflict in the scheduling of dances in Seattle, please encourage earlier weekday evening milongas | ||||||
| 73 | My favorite thing abut tango is the dance. I am not from Seattle so can't really answer these. | ||||||
| 74 | embrace Jaimes Friedgen & Christa Rodriguez | ||||||
| 75 | Fav Thing, General: The Music, The Dance,The Intimacy, The Comraderie Fav Thing, Seattle: The Same See More: Fun! See Less: Hawaiian Shirts :) | ||||||
| 76 | In general, I like to dance with patien experience partners. | ||||||
| 77 | I like tango for its sensuality and expression of passion, where you can be free to express yourself without everyday worries. I don't like dancing in Seattle, the dancers generally aren't that good. Better dancing, listening to your partner and less fancy dancing at the expense of communication should be stressed in Seattle. There is just no connection with Seattle dancers like in Portland or from San Francisco. | ||||||
| 78 | More: Respect for manners of the milonga, with the example of the codes and customs of the milongas of Argentina. Just my preference. More use of facial expression to welcome an invitation to dance. The tango begins when eyes meet, not when a woman runs across the floor to grab a man to dance. (Not a sweet thing to watch. And very bad form in Argentina.) Less: kicking, not following line of dance, not keeping feet on the floor in social tango setting. I have been "sideswiped" many times. Yikes! It's dangerous out there! | ||||||
| 79 | The romantic communication between to people expressing their love of dance and emotion. | ||||||
| 80 | I would love to see more practicas with earlier start times. | ||||||
| 81 | I love the connection of tango. I don't like the snobbiness. I have been hanging in there for 10 years - but my self-esteem and toughness keep me going. Someone more vulnerable would quit. You are pretty much on your own with tango. If you find a good partner - great. If not, you will sit out a good many tandas as a follow. That's just the nature of the dance. But I still love it and would never give it up again. It's too precious and it feels great! | ||||||
| 82 | Tango is a conversation to music. It never gets boring. seattle: there's always a place to dance, and someone to dance with more alternative milongas, more meet and mingle type events | ||||||
| 83 | Dancing. I love the moments when it just flows. I love that in Seattle there are so many events and teachers that you can pick and choose and find what you really like and what fits with your style. I would love more chances to get to know other people new to scene. It's hard to talk to people during classes and practicas and going to milongas not knowing anyone is hard. Not sure what I would like less of. | ||||||
| 84 | It's never boring, always different. I can dance every night. More sense of community and coordination of effort. Less acrimony, ego, and competition between teachers and organizers. | ||||||
| 85 | I'd like to see more people entering the scene regularly and attending a variety of dances. It would be great if every dance had a drop-in lesson beforehand so that new tango dancers could browse around for a while before settling into one school or venue. Also, today I'm seeing some people who never go to a practica and others who never go to a milonga. This creates a certain divide that doesn't need to be there. Perhaps the whole scene needs to be more welcoming to the new faces so that it is easier to cross over from one realm to the other. | ||||||
| 86 | Social aspect More nevo music | ||||||
| 87 | Favorite things would be the embrace, the feeling, the nice effects in the body and mind, and the chance to make friends the same night I land anywhere in the world Unfortunately I've never been to Seattle, I've lived in Phoenix but never went there. All my friends tell me it's really nice though, so congrats on the site and keep dancing! :-) | ||||||
| 88 | the connection with other people Seattle's community is open and inclusive cross milonga co-operation, like Tango Magic. MORE milongero/close embrace style. Less show tango techniques taught so people don't dance to the music but just to show off | ||||||
| 89 | Tango music, the potential for feeling social in a dance community, and the generally good people involved in tango are my favorite things. I'd like to see more genuine kindness/sociability and less pretense/seriousness. | ||||||
| 90 | What is your favorite thing about Tango in general? - Beautiful dance What is your favorite thing about Tango in Seattle? - Tango fans What would you like to see more of in the Seattle tango scene? - Mixed tandas (tango - salsa - rumba- alt tango -tango...) What would you like to see less of in the Seattle tango scene? - less cookies, more fruits :) | ||||||