Tango Argentino u Zadru – Hrvatska – Naslovnica
Anyone knows the name of that beautiful tango Al Pacino danced in the film "Scent of a woman"?
I’ d love to find it and download it.
The song is called "Por uma Cabeza" and it’s written by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera. Hope that helps!
September 28th, 2009
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Do any of you know where I can take argentine tango lessons within the Fairfield, CA area (bet. Sac. & SF)?
The Dance Network, 921 Texas St, Fairfield, CA 94533
(707) 434-1990
Encore Dance Studio, 5253 Venus Dr, Fairfield, CA 94534
(707) 863-0344
September 28th, 2009
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What do you think of ‘The Angel Wore Shoes’ poem?
The Angel wore shoes.
Questionable clubs of
Fast foxtrots…salsa.
Was never said…nail polish?
Sequined, tango gown?
Pixie-cut hair? ‘Freeze’ spray?
Long, sharp, manicured talons…
Nails. Hold…available.
And, ‘human’, style-walked
Sidewalks. Second sights,
Whistles!
Purposeful stride. Opening,
Closing doors.
Shopped sales. Canceled church.
Televangelists’ ‘demon’.
Glory Amen!
The Angel wore shoes.
People, peers’ people, steeple-
Climbing rungs—Jacob’s Ladder.
Why fear— rat nibbling minds..
Head high in sunlight downslide.
Deadfall.
Why listen in invisibilities?
Screams commonplace. Mundane.
Rungs break. Broken. Tokens,
Mementos…top of
Jacob’s Ladder.
The Angel wore dancing shoes.
Neon….this angel, in this poem, never got broken…it was people that can’t climb that ladder.
After I wrote it, I thought OMG! I just wrote about ‘Michael’ in female form…but, she don’t die. She’s the human side of an angel.
Kate…would you believe a lot of people have seen angels, but don’t want to talk about them? they’re afraid of what others might say….poof! Angels are there to be seen…wonderful!
You know, I always thought Angels went barefooted, and that those dancing foot steps I hear at night belonged to a ghost. I think maybe, now, they are the same.
September 28th, 2009
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How to dance tango? Please instruct me how to learn tango dance by myself.?
I love tango dance very much.
Learning any dance that normally involves two people by yourself is never easy. You should also note that there really is no substitute for practice with someone who knows what they are doing. Having said that you could try following the instructions as laid out in the site below. Best of luck with this
September 28th, 2009
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What was night patrol like in Vietnam?
I’m asking because some 20 friends and I are getting together in a few weeks and having airsoft/paintball war and we want to make it as close to a vietnam simulation as possible.
We will be in a huge vacant clearing behind our friend’s house, about 4-5 acres of land. We plan on having two teams: VC and Americans. We’ll have ambush groups (Alpha tango) on each side, a fire support base/control center, and portable encampments. Both sides will be in battle rig (BDU’s and black "pj’s"), with helmets and equipment (including airsoft M16’s and AK-47’s).
If anyone can describe or give a briefing on what night patrol was like for the grunts over in the Nam, that would be great. Also, please please please include any ideas for the night or extra equipment or tactics that could be of use. Thank you so much!!!
Just in case anyone is wondering why we’re doing this: we’re all JROTC buffs and are really into Vietnam in particular. We’re between the ages of 17 and 19, so don’t worry!
Thanks again :}
Please, nothing like "you won’t be able to pull it off" or "you wouldn’t understand". We’re doing it regardless, and your help is appreciated.
ALSO.. I forgot to mention. any good ideas for booby traps would be totally great. Just make sure they dont really injure a person too much, just distracts them or creates an obstacle.
A big factor in how realistic you can make it is your location.
One of the things that made a really big impression on me was how dark it was at night in Vietnam.
They did not have cities every few miles with street lights and all the other electric light sources that we have here.
I grew up in a suburban area where the city lights reflecting off of clouds at night ensured that it was never really dark at night. We thought it was, but when I got to Vietnam, I realized that what I was used to at night here did not compare.
I guess that the best you will be able to do in that regard is if you stage your activities when there is little moon light if you are anywhere near a city.
Read up on Puff the magic dragon and spooky.
You might want to figure out a way to occasionally make Puff available to your "Americans" without your "VC" being aware of it ahead of time.
It sure did have a way of ruining Charlie’s night.
You might want to get some of the cheapest two way radios that you can find and modify them so that the communications with your fire base is unpredictable.
If nothing else, provide the guys with half dead batteries. Also, have them carry batteries with weights in the package to simulate carrying those large heavy batteries that were in use in Vietnam.
Also, attach your cheap radios to some weighted boards to achieve the size and weight of a PRC-25.
Also, make sure that some of their "new" batteries are dead when issued.
If you are going to simulate the early years, have someone create maps on their computer for the Americans complete with glaring errors and of course, with all the landmarks labeled in a language that none of your Americans speak. Make up a language if needed. And, to simulate the VC being in home territory, give them accurate maps.
Oh yeah, don’t forget to create a line down the edge of your battle area. Then make certain that the "Americans" are not allowed to follow the "VC" across that line. In fact, don’t even allow them to shoot across it. Of coarse, your "VC" will be allowed to fire across the line.
And, just for fun, occasionally declare a cease fire where only the "Americans" have to stop shooting or patrolling. During the cease fire, supply the "VC" with all the ammo and supplies that they can carry. This doesn’t really fit in with night patrols but you can’t simulate everything in a small area. You can bunch all your Americans up as nice targets in your fire support base though during the cease fire.
You need to figure out a way to simulate Charlie popping up out of a hole in the ground even if you don’t have the ability to create tunnels.
Oh, and if you have enough trees in your battle area, label some of them as rubber trees and don’t allow your "Americans" to risk shooting any of them even when your "VC" are hiding behind them.
If you can beg, borrow, or otherwise acquire some good sprinklers and hoses and booster pumps so that you can simulate a monsoon rain storm hitting at the most inopportune time, do it. You can sprinkle ahead of time to make every thing muddy but don’t leave the sprinklers on. Just turn them on for effect. But, of course, do not tell your troops when or if it is going to happen.
The monsoon season was a bit different depending on where you were and of course whether it was monsoon season at all.
Where I was, the monsoon rains were different than what I was used to in the Pacific Northwest when I was growing up.
During the monsoon season, the ground never really dried out but it did not rain constantly. You might go all day with no rain and then all of a sudden when you least expected it, it was as though you had just walked under a waterfall. I exaggerate slightly but I think you get the idea.
The point being that the rain tended to be on fully or off with little in between. By the time you could do anything about it, you were drenched.
Unfortunately, I don’t think there is any way for you to simulate the leaches that made the grunts so happy.
You might also have someone with a laser pointer that can occasionally shine it on one of your "Americans" to let him know that he was just bitten by one of the lovely poisonous snakes and he must fall down "dead" before taking three more steps.
Also, do not let your "Americans" wear any jackets that have liners in them.
Contrary to what you may believe, it got awfully cold at night sometimes depending on where you were. I don’t honestly know what the temperature dropped to at night but the effect was to have you shivering violently from being cold.
Most of us had our normal Army clothing issue replaced with jungle fatigues and no field jacket while in-country. That billowing, over sized shirt of one layer of cloth did not do much to keep you warm.
To simulate the mosquitoes, you could rub a little poison ivy on any exposed skin.
I wrote more but there seems to be a size limit.
September 27th, 2009
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Dancing with the Stars 8th Week – Mel B – Tango?
help with song name as I want to download songs for working out and dont know what to get
The song is Depeche Mode – Personal Jesus
September 27th, 2009
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where can i find an event about Argentine Tango – Practica Porteña?
You can find an event about Argentine Tango – Practica Porteña at
http://www.harsamay.com/LocalEvent/3561/Argentine_Tango_-_Practica_Porte%C3%B1a.aspx
September 27th, 2009
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What dance shoes offer the best support and cushioning for ballroom and/or social dances?
I am looking for a good practice shoe for ballroom and social dances. I would prefer something with a lower heel and profile (I own some bloch dance sneakers which I find to be too bulky), but am overwhelmed by the available options. I really need something with a cushioned insole because I get a lot of pain beneath the ball of the foot. I have been looking online at Elegance’s Shazdeh practice shoe, because it claims to have cushioning and a flexible sole while retaining some support. Supadance offers something that looks sort of similar – the 8200 – and I notice they offer special insoles. Does anyone know anything about these companies? Sansha’s salsettes also look good, as do some of the tango-specific dance sneakers, but I’ve never seen either of these types of shoes in person either. Any opinions or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Everyone’s feet is different, so it’s hard to give universal advise. Best support, in my opinion: Supadance, Dance Naturals, International. Out of the above 3 brands, International is probably most cushioned.
Supadance is a good brand, one of the best actually, but if you’re specifically looking for cushioning then probably you’ll find Supa shoes too firm. I mean they all are properly cushioned, but it is not soft. I just went on Supadance website. 8200 is a Men’s Latin shoe. Are you a guy?
Your avatar looks female, so I still assume you’re a girl. You need pracice shoe, not men’s latin shoe. Men’s latin shoe is designed with different purpose in mind than social dance, they have short shank, but you say you need support, therefore you need longer shank, you need Ladies practice shoe, like Supa 1026 (they come in 4 colors). I have that shoe, I put regular drugstore-brand insoles in them. They came with insoles, but they are pretty thin. You might consider getting half-size larger and putting gel insoles in them.
Everyone in my studio is buying Sansha’s now. The kind that’s without the heel at all, I can’t find it on the web. They look great, and people say you can feel the floor in it, unlike with regular dance sneaker.
Elegance isn’t a great brand. I’ve never had them myslef, but I’ve seen a couple of people frown at the mentioning.
If you’re looking for a big fat cushion try Stephanie. Their Standard shoes definitely have a lot of it. I tried them on. But their sole doesn’t fit the profile of my foot, I can’t wear them.
Capezio social shoes BR09 caused me a foot injurie. It was my first pair, I didn’t know what proper support means. Capezio social shoes don’t have a metal shank like all ballroom shoes are supposed to have. But on the other hand, my friend has Capezio BR19 and she likes them.
I wear Supadance and International, mostly court shoes and Latin sandals, but I have a pair of practice shoes by Supa.
When trying on your new pair, make sure there is no gap between your foot and the shoe in the middle. That usually leads to sore balls. Every barand is slightly different, and everybody has diffeent feet.
I hope it helps a little bit. Sorry I know nothing about Tango shoes.
September 27th, 2009
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Is the tango a regional dance in cataluyna Spain?
If not, where in Spain is tango a regional dance.
Tango is not from Spain, it is from Argentina. The tipical dance of Catalonia is the ’sardana’.
September 27th, 2009
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Mrs Cockburn wants to go dancing on Friday night, she says it takes two to tango and wants me to come on the ?
dance floor with her. I have 1 left foot and fear I wont be able to satisfy her desire for a fandango in public.Advice please
As a gentleman, I sense you fear for your good lady wifes bunions…?
Don’t! If the poor thing is convinced that ‘Old Swivel Hips’ Cockburn still has the stuff… let her carry on thinking so!
Let’s face it,,, the old shocker is no spring chicken, why deny her a few last delusions??? be kind old man!
Anyway…. how’s that little Persian strumpet you have tucked away in that flat in Bermondsey?
September 23rd, 2009
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