Tango

The first tango lesson was a riot. Tango is basically considered walking with a partner to music, so on the first lesson we learned to walk. It's actually not as silly as it sounds as many of the songs we "walked" to changed tempo frequently, and our instructor informed us that "interesting" rhythm is a traditional part of the tango as the band was usually drunk. Obviously, we're not learning the ballroom version.

We promptly rented two tango videos from the library, and the first has a flashy couple doing moves that make you want to clasp the nearest rose in your teeth and slit your dress to your thigh. It's a little hard to follow, but with thorns in your lips you don't really notice.

The second one is by far the better instructional video and the instructor is a much more thorough and detailed man with all the raw animal sexuality of Lawrence Welk. No slit dresses with this one, but we are paying a lot more attention to the actual steps.

Ah, tradeoffs.....