Some great writing here - yes I'm prejudiced. I dance Argentine Tango. It is a turn-on. It is as close as a married man is going to get to a woman not his wife.
The tango and young musicians
by Tom Purdom
from The Broad Street Review
"When I spoke to Krantz at the reception after the concert, he said that his partner had really gotten into the tango. Stillman herself said that she moved around and danced to the music when she rehearsed. She had kept that impulse under control on stage and transmitted just enough body language to add a visual element to the performance. Believe me, you don’t need Rudolf Valentino or Fred Astaire when somebody plays the way she was playing."
All the classic dances are stylized courting rituals. As any biologist will tell you, many animals and birds woo their mates by dancing. It’s one of the techniques males use to demonstrate their genetic fitness. It’s more fun than fighting and healthier, too.
When serial adultery was a major pastime -
The minuet combines sexual display with a communal setting and a ceremonial swapping of partners. It reflects the mating customs of a highly structured society in which serial adultery was a major pastime of the aristocracy. Its successor, the waltz, added the trappings of romance and the titillation of public embraces.
The tango combines sex with grace, like the waltz, but it’s more overtly erotic and embraces a wider emotional range.
Someone once said that the waltz expresses the idea that life is, with reservations, worth celebrating. The tango springs from the feeling that the sexual attraction of two conscious, intelligent creatures is a complex, endlessly fascinating marvel."
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