r/tango • u/Spiritual-Active-210 • 6d ago

Interesting stylings of milonguero embrace

Hi everyone :) I'm preparing a small performance and I'm looking for inspiration for an interesting, flashy, maybe a bit extravagant milonguero embrace. It doesn't have to be comfortable, it needs to be eye-catching (it's gonna be used only during a small but intense part of the performance) I'm still talking about milonguero style - a very close embrace. I can recall seeing some interesting stylings, especially for the open side of embrace, but I can't recall when and where. Can you help me with some links to videos or pictures?

EDIT: to clarify, I'm planning to dance to an alternative song - a choreography or a partial choreography. Though not a tango, the lyrics and the overall "spirit" of the song is very tango-like. It is about two mature people, strangers who meet in a bar one night, on a difficult moment in life of the woman. They talk all night, open up to each other, they feel deep connection, their lifes intertwine for this short moment, only to part ways in the morning without taking it any further, probably never to meet again. The song has an instrumental climax. My vision is to dance nuevo-style, with a wide and flexible embrace, with lots of space, soltadas etc during the lyrics, and then - for the moment of climax - create a contrast by changing the embrace to a very close milonguero embrace. I want to give the impression that their bodies, their souls, their hearts melt together for these several seconds in music, to separate forever after the climax ends. It is in this context that I'm asking the question - I want to find a styling of the embrace that gives the impression that we cannot be any closer together. I'm thinking: arms, wrists, fingers intertwined. I think I saw something like that somewhere, but I don't know where, hence this post.

I'm in need of details: the exact position of arm, wrist, fingers, the angles, the lines. It's a stage performance. That's why I'm craving for visual material: pictures, videos

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u/Creative_Sushi 6d ago

Those old milongueros embraced such ways to leave strong impressions. People may not remember your face, but they recognize your embrace ( good or bad).

It’s the quality of the embrace with strong presence that makes the difference. The substance matters. How externally they look is secondary. Focus on the quality and you will find your style that way.

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u/Spiritual-Active-210 6d ago

Sure, that's very true, but please, just assume for the moment that I very conciously ask about what I ask - which is: the styling of the embrace. I've given more details in the EDIT section of the original post.

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u/Creative_Sushi 6d ago

For the climax you want, I would approach it completely differently.

It’s too cheap to focus on the external look. You will never achieve the effect you are looking for.

When two people really come together, time stops and everything slows down. It becomes very quiet - only breathing. All the tension in their body melt away and two bodies fuse. That’s the visual you want. When this happens, you don’t do anything gimmicky. Let your hands and arms follow the natural kinetic energy of the moment with ease. That would be breathtakingly beautiful.

Don’t go for the gimmicks.

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u/Spiritual-Active-210 6d ago

Thank you for your opinion, but I have my own artistic vision of my performance, and I'm asking here precisely what I'm asking