the 1times1 universal code of tango etiquette

On When You Fancy Yourself to be "The Poorer Dancer"

Sometimes one might be quite swept away in an awareness of the fact that one is, indeed, for all practical purposes, dancing with a being which is generally known to be a Tango Deity. (Now of course, one who is a Tango God for Jane may not indeed also be a Tango God for Jill due to the supersubjectivity of this complex socio-artistic form.)

Be this as it may, when one realizes that she is indeed in the arms of A Veritable Seraph, or that he has a Creature Of Perfection in his own imperfect embrace, this awareness can be so very distracting that the "poorer dancer" may be driven to do A Whole Host of Silly Things.

These behaviors may include (but are certainly not limited to): Apologizing Profusely For One's Existence; Becoming Very Very Tense; and Dancing In A Totally Aimless And/Or Reckless Way.

Those who imagine they might someday in the future find themselves in such a situation (and, by the way, no one, NO ONE is immune) are hereby recommended to practice disciplines that facilitate general relaxedness in even the most distracting of situations, such as deep-breathing exercises, meditation, the use of a personal mantra.

We hasten to note that behaviors such as these are particularly likely to manifest themselves if said God or Goddess is given to wearing scant clothing, liberally dousing himself in aphrodisiac masquerading as cologne, blatantly drawing her or his partner's attention to her or his special status as a major or minor deity of Tango (see "better dancer"), or otherwise expressing disregard for the Universal Code of Tango Etiquette As Codified Here At 1times1.

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