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Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 4:59:19 AM
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celiajo
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I have a question about dance. Sometimes i'm not sure about it. I know that suggestive dances are a sin and stuff because they call attention to your body and are pretty sexual. But I was wondering about the Argentine dance the Tango.
I'm not sure if it's wrong, but I've been taking classes for a while. Some people in my church body do not approve.  My spiritual mother told me I need to stop taking the classes because the dance is sensual. It's not like i'm getting low and dirty in a club and it's kindof a ballroom dance. But I want to be a woman of dignity. The dance is a little sensual and requires you to be close to your partner. The whole point of the dance is the connection between the two people dancing and the music. To be connected, you need to be close. Sometimes this requires a "close embrace" which you have to have chest to chest contact with your partner.
Well I want thought and any feedback cause i'm not sure of what is and isn't okay. Like it's just a dance for me, but i'm wondering what you think
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 7:19:56 AM
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makarizo
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I think it is just a little bit unfair, overly judgmental, and legalistic to say that everyone who is dancing "this" particular dance is sinning.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 7:39:03 AM
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The Argentine Tango is one of the sexiest dances out there. Most Latin dances are pretty hot but this one (if done correctly) is a blow torch.
That said, if you can do it without becoming lustful toward your partner or them toward you, I don't think there would be a problem for you personally. There may be a problem for anyone watching you who could get aroused from the sensuality. (stumbling a weaker brother)
Certain faith traditions like the Holiness movement forbade any dance as too sexual and lustful. While I think that is too extreme (and is perhaps where your fellow congregants are coming from), it can be dangerous.
This is a matter you need to pray a lot about.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 11:22:18 AM
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Hi Cellajo,
Welcome to the forums! I took some ballroom dance lessons. The cost outweighed my ability to recall it all, and I'm taking a break from it.
Your question is in the subject line- is the Tango a sin? But then you talk about the Argentine Tango, which is not your basic Tango... there's a lot more to it. Dancing, in my opinion, is not a sin. The tango, Argentine or not, is not a sin, it's a dance.
Suggestive dances are a sin because they are pretty sexual and calls attention to your body, you say.
I've never heard of a dance I was learning be referred to as a suggestive dance, or a non-suggestive dance, or that it was at the same time a sin, or that it is generally thought of as sexual in nature. Or that its purpose is to call attention to one's body. I was not taking dance lessons to feel sexual with a total stranger (my instructor), not to call attention to my body or watch her call attention to hers. The only thing I can say about dancing is that yes, there are two people out on the floor, and yes, it is typically a man and woman, and that yes, there is a lot of focus on body position because there has to be. Both partners are depending on each other to be able to do things they might not otherwise be able to do. Also, if one is there, and the other is not, there's opportunity for bodily injury in a fall.
The way I've seen the Argentine Tango performed, the couple needs some space on the dance floor- you couldn't possibly perform this in a club where there's folks getting low and dirty- they would get hurt. The coulple needs some room to dance this one, agreed? This is definitely a ballroom dance.
Sensual dance- let's just consider other dances for a second. Foxtrot, Waltz, Swing, Cha Cha, Rhumba, Merangue, Hustle... can you think of any of them where it is possible to not have to SENSE the motions and actions of your partner and yourself, and where you are on the dance floor so as to not dance off the edge, and to be ready to try and catch your partner and recover the dance if something messes up? Me neither. You've got to be attuned to your partner. If that's sensual, then fine. It doesn't mean you are trying to do anything more than do something that for the general public can't be done all that easily, with that much grace. You don't have to be showing off.
People see things they don't understand how they are possibly done and the couple look so beautiful, and look how their bodies touch but for a second, and the smiling and what are they thinking and the costumes look breatheable and maybe once upon a time they were dancing with their spouse... . I'm sorry, but unless you are out there dancing in a costume that reveals more than it conceals, and are out to blend in low and dirty with formal dancing, then the eyes of the beholder should keep to themselves. If you don't mind all the clothed body contact between you and your partner/instructor as you learn all this, and feel it's okay, then I'd keep up the lessons. It's a sure enough way to get some serious exercise in while learning to do things you'd never thought possible.
Sorry to be up on the soapbox for so long. It's usually easier to find people to say you are doing wrong or could be doing better than people to say wonderful! I've always wanted to do that.
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I have a question about dance. Sometimes i'm not sure about it. I know that suggestive dances are a sin and stuff because they call attention to your body and are pretty sexual. But I was wondering about the Argentine dance the Tango.
I'm not sure if it's wrong, but I've been taking classes for a while. Some people in my church body do not approve. My spiritual mother told me I need to stop taking the classes because the dance is sensual. It's not like i'm getting low and dirty in a club and it's kindof a ballroom dance. But I want to be a woman of dignity. The dance is a little sensual and requires you to be close to your partner. The whole point of the dance is the connection between the two people dancing and the music. To be connected, you need to be close. Sometimes this requires a "close embrace" which you have to have chest to chest contact with your partner.
Well I want thought and any feedback cause i'm not sure of what is and isn't okay. Like it's just a dance for me, but i'm wondering what you think
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 1:54:01 PM
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The tango; Nay not a sin; you want to see a dance that is a sin tune into "Soul Train" some saturday; And then go pray for a few hours.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 4:07:00 PM
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I would say it is a sin to dance the tango while eating a mango on Pango Pango--just because it sounds stupid.
But in a ballroom dance class, no.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 4:57:43 PM
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Any kind of dance can go from playful to sexy. If someone starts entertaining thoughts of lust, break eye contact, etc and take a break.
I love to dance and if m'love and I take the floor, we flirt quite a bit. We were regulars at Contra dance near Atlanta and just about everyone knew we were married. In fact, we met there! In contra dance you constantly switch partners. Any other partner looking for a little sumtin-sumtin was due some disappointment.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/17/2008 11:44:15 PM
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From what I understand after watching Dancing With the Stars, the Tango *can* be a sin if you don't get the footwork right.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/18/2008 4:48:03 AM
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celiajo
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thanks for all of your responses.  It makes me feel good to hear ya'll say it isn't a sin. It can be a very sexy dance, you're right. There can be alot of touching involved and really, it's only as sexy as you make it. Ideally, I'd be dancing with a husband, but not so since i'm a single gal. So I dance with alot of different people (including women who know how to lead). I guess I was just wanting another opinion cuz i've head from some people that it is such a sensual dance that it shouldn't be learned.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/18/2008 6:34:04 AM
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car2ner
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You can always fall back to the twist and jitterbug while you are single, and the once you marry....getting really good at the tango would be wonderful.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/22/2008 4:14:16 PM
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Actually, as someone who taught ballroom dance at one time, the history of the Tango and the it's various moves is less than lustful.
The tango developed in part on the Argentine frontier, where cabeleros would come into town after a hard days work, and for entertainment, find something to drink, and dance with one of the local women.
Because they had spurs, and the women had long dresses, the men would draw their boots up slowly with the ankles up and away from where the spurs would catch the dress.
And because they smelled after a long day on the range, the women would hold their heads out and away from the men so as not to be overwhelmed by the odor.
So the Tango actually was as much a product of practicality as it was sensual desires.
At least that was what the teacher who taught me the Tango said.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/25/2008 10:49:37 PM
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They might have been tango'in' at the prodigal's house when the brother heard singin' and dancin'.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/25/2008 10:55:41 PM
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Dancing is poetry in motion.
As I understand it, the aim of all dancing is to move in an attractive and/or technically impressive manner. Not everyone can do this - not even with practice. We can all improve a little.
I have no problem with beautiful people moving beautifully. It is like watching the graceful way a cat or a deer moves.
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 9/28/2008 3:05:47 AM
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I don't know much about dancing, especially about the Tango, but I know that it takes two to do it. Someone was going to say it -- it may as well have been me.
One of my hopes for the world to come is that I will finally learn to dance. After I learn to play the piano and the trumpet. And maybe the shofar. And a French horn.
Jhud, the story of the Tango was fabulously entertaining. Thank you!
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The tango; Nay not a sin; you want to see a dance that is a sin tune into "Soul Train" some saturday; And then go pray for a few hours.
Oh, my!  Guess I'll take your word for it!
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RE: Is the Tango a sin? - 10/4/2008 3:58:24 PM
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A lot of people think dancing is a sin. I love to dance. But I hate the bump & grinding that kids today call dancing - that I would call sinning :-)
Do you know why Baptist's don't make love standing up???? It might lead to dancing :-)
Before you get on my case - I am a Baptist - :-)
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