Pimping Your Ride
8th April 2009
"Nice wheels. Whatcha running under there?" ~ The Fast And The Furious
The Tango equivalent of customising your hotrod...
| In Car: | In Tango |
| ABS: | Can stop on a dime (and in balance) |
| Air con: | the ability to stay cool and collected no matter what's going on. |
| Air freshener: | breath mints / chewing gum |
| Alloy wheels: | closed shoes to protect your feet from other dancers and occasionally yourself. Highly recommended, especially if you dance with strangers. |
| Automatic or manual: | auto cross / giros etc or wait to be led. |
| Collision Radar: | floorcraft |
| Cruise control: | follow-through decisively on a move (that the leader's "working around" because he fluffed the original lead) |
| Custom paint job: | tattoos that can be seen in the outfit worn. Be aware that some people have a knowledge of what certain tattoos mean... |
| Custom shocks: | flow smoothly when walking rather than bounce, bounce, bounce. |
| Doubleshifting: | Can smoothly change up or down multiple gears to respond to changes in the music requiring slower or quicker dancing. |
| NOX: | can provide a sudden extra boost of speed on demand |
| Power steering: | from dissociation and your "core" rather than needing the leader to drag you around |
| Racing slick tires: | how fast is the floor? |
| Reversing lights: | feel out behind when taking back steps |
| Sat Nav: | awareness of the line of dance and lanes and acts accordingly when doing adornments. |
| Spare tire: | able to deal with minor shoe breakages |
| Styling: | the dresses and shoes. Also hair ornaments to keep long hair in place. |
| Tool kit: | plasters, asprin etc for minor damage to bodywork |
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- Christopher O' Shea, 8th April 2009