The Tango Shaman

“old men will prey on you trying to convince you that their three steps and their bad lead are the essence of tango…his sweaty shirt will be sticking to you while he drills his fingers down your spine trying to make you do back ochos…” (tango cynic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ2u-xLu- QI)

You’ve seen him. We’ve all seen him.

He finds the new dancer. He brings her to the center of the dance floor where everyone can see them.

Then, he mystifies her with his own personal concoction of tango voodoo guaranteed to enchant her evening.

*SMH*

Do we owe that brand new follower an apology or at least an explanation that when the Tango Shaman grabs her leg and wraps it around him while he bashes his way through something evoking a calecita it isn’t really so much tango? Should the milonga organizers give the guy a special arm band so that the new dancers know to avoid him?

I just don’t know.