Tangót táncolni meztelenül, avagy Naked tangó fesztivál és a Naked truth milonga

Van egy tangós fesztivál ahol nem az egyedül jelentkező nők, hanem inkább az egyedül jelentkező férfiak számát korlátozzák. Hölgyeim és uraim, íme a világ egyik egyik legizgalmasabb tangós maratonja, a „»Nackter Tango« („Naked Tango”) – THE unique & famous erotic tango festival”
Ízlelgessük csak a szavakat: NAKED TANGO. Mit képzelünk el? Segítek, a zenekar bekötött szemmel játszik a férfiak végletekig elegánsak és a nők meztelen, vagy erotikusan sokat sejtető fehérneműben vannak. Évek óta szeretnék cikket írni a Nackter Tango-ról és valamilyen égi jelként két héttel ezelőtt egy olyan táncos jelent a Milonga Jueves-en, akiről kiderült, hogy már volt tangó DJ egy olyan meztelen tangóesten, ahol tényleg mindenki meztelen volt. Igen, a DJ is.

A meztelenségnek vannak fokozatai, nem mindegy, hol vagyunk egy szál semmiben, a lakásban egyedül, vagy közösségben. A mostani cikkben két egymástól független eseményről fogok beszámolni, az egyik a Naked truth nevű milonga Heidelberg mellett, a másik pedig a „»Nackter Tango« („Naked Tango”) – THE unique & famous erotic tango festival” Stuttgart közelében.

Naked truth

A milonga, ahol mindenki meztelen Heidelberg mellett található, és a neve Naked truth, magyarul Meztelen igazság. Nem lehet sokat tudni róla, az interneten kutatva egy 2014-es eseményt találtam. A részvételhez a következő szabályokat kellett tiszteletben tartani:

We will have a performance from Miguel Di Genova from Otors Aires as the highlight of the evening. All guests will wear no clothes and following rules are to be followed:

The Rules of Naked truth:
1) You are responsible for yourself, treat yourself and others well
2) Everyone is completely naked

Nem sok támpontot adtak az biztos, de ráakadtam egy finn tangós, facebookon közölt élménybeszámolójára egy Naked truth meztelen milongán való tapasztalatairól. Izgalmas írás Salikoski Kristian tollából.

Íme:

In my last post I promised to share my experiences of a nude milonga so here I go. If you find the combination of tango and nudity a clear no go you might be disgusted so you should stop here.

I remember seeing a few years ago a flyer of a tango club „Tango Vicioso” that had a couple wearing almost nothing in a tango embrace. My first reaction was a laugh and I thought that something like this could only happen in Germany, the country of swinger clubs and nudist culture. Since then I have grown and understand among other things that swinger clubs and nudism are completely different aspects of human behavior.

In Berlin tango is taken into the some of the city´s famous sex clubs and as I am a curious person I wanted to see what really happens inside. In this article I won´t go into what I found but only that I found much less nudity that I expected. I started to wonder why and then out of the blue my friend invited me to a milonga called „The Naked Truth”. The name caught my eye and I wanted to know more. I found out that the organizer wanted to create a pure nudist milonga free from sexistic clothing and apparels. Yes, not even shoes would be allowed. I was fascinated even though I felt a strong inner resistance towards exposing myself completely naked on a milonga setting. Embracing somebody naked was something that so far for me was only linked with romantic relationships. Questions started to run on my mind. Could I keep my focus on dancing with all the naked bodies around me? What if I get turned on, would that be embarrassing? What if I bumb into friends? And do a really even want to see tango being danced naked, aren´t people more beautiful with clothes on? It took me a few days to make my desicion. I would join.

`The Naked Truth´ does not happen in Berlin but in Heidelberg south Germany. The friend who invited me there asked a local dancer to host me during my stay. Once in Heidelberg I was warmly welcomed by a lovely woman. Soon I found out that my host had written an article on german tango magazine about her experiences on the previous edition of the milonga. She had first been even angry that somebody dares to organize a naked milonga in their beloved tango club. She was also worried about the possible erections and presented also an interesting question, does it tell something about the woman if a man does not have erection while dancing naked?
Before leaving the house for the milonga we waited for the other guest to arrive and talked around nakedness and tango.

Once at the club we were greeted on the door by two young woman completely dressed. Further in the entrance hall I could see people undressing. I found out that there would not be a separate dressing rooms for men and women. But you do not really need a dressing room to undress, do you. I felt my heart beating more strongly and I noticed myself breathing shallowly while watching the others undress and hearing the tango music coming from the dancefloor that was not visible from the entrance hall. This is it, there is no turning back. The cool air of the entrance hall forced the undressing to be quick and soon I followed a naked couple into the dance hall. In front of my eyes were women and men, from all ages, of different body shapes and all completely naked. Some sitting, others standing and a few couples dancing on the dance floor. This was something totally new for me. My eyes were catching different body parts and my inner chatter telling me all sorts of stories. I could not spot my friend who invided me to the milonga who would have made my ”landing” easier.

By now I really needed a drink and headed towards the bar. Behind the bar desk I was greeted by two young woman both naked as you might have expected. After I had my cold beer at hand I sat down for a moment of reflection and to calm down my nerves. Should I aproach somebody and try to start a conversation or should I just invite somebody for a dance. Being a Dj it would feel natural to start talking with a colleague – whom I saw working behind the Dj booth wearing nothing but earphones. I had hardly time to start with my beer when I saw a woman looking at my direction. An eye contact and a smile made me realize that I was only a nod of the head far from actually dancing naked with somebody – for the first time of my life. After a few seconds we met on the dance floor and without a word we embraced each other. She was a little bit shorter than me and was really beautiful. She wanted to dance in a closed embrace and I felt her pressing against my body. The first tanda of the night is almost always exciting, as both the body and mind need time to let go of tensions. Now I faced to dance the first tanda naked in a room with complete strangers. On one of the walls there was a huge mirror kindly remainding myself of my own nakedness. At first I felt that I could somehow hide by closing my eyes for moments and diving deep into the embrace but on the other hand this made me even more open and vulnerable. There was literally no place to hide, hence the name of the milonga ”The Naked Truth”. I did my best to connect to the music and keep my dancing simple and at the same time trying to feel if my partner enjoyed dancing with me. When the first tango ended came the time for the desicion whether to keep on embracing her until the next song starts or open up the embrace and face the moment of standing in front of her and trying to find topics for a small talk.

After I presented myself it seemed a good moment to ask the legendary question ”do you come here often?” A friendly voice answered that she comes from Turkey and this is her first time in a naked milonga. We danced the remaining of the tanda without exchanging words and afterwards I escorted her back to her table. The closeness of the embrace made it surprisingly easy to keep the focus on dancing. The fact that me and my partner were naked felt natural and intimate but it did not have the sexual energy that I – a bit afraid of – expected. What was I afraid of? Well mostly of that how would I handle it if I get aroused. How would my partner react and what should I then do? Of course it would be natural and understandable but still it would be confusing – at least for me.

After some time my friend arrived and no surprise he was naked. It was the first time I we saw each other without clothes as I had just met him couple of weeks ago. I was really happy that he was here and greeted him with an embrace. He had been here before so he knew what to expect and how he would feel. In Berlin we dance together almost every night changing dancing roles. So here we come to the next thing that I was about to do for the first time of my life. Dance tango naked with a man, and yet more, to surrender naked into a tango embrace with a gay man. My inner voice kept feeding me with questions of him getting turned on or even more confusing what if that happens to me. I could never know. As I really enjoy dancing with him I invited him to dance and off we went to the dance floor. Without exchanging words I offered him my right hand, embraced him with my left and closed my eyes. Again the familiar music and dancing in closed embrace made it feel like the most natural thing to do and suddently all the confusing questions were pushed aside. During the dance I opened my eyes and saw a man dancing in a open embrace having a huge erection without even a hint of shame on his face. I thought that now I really have to story to make later my children blush if I want. We danced relaxed a couple of tandas switching between roles before returning to the bar. It was pure fun!

The young women behind the bar desk where also dancers and I decided that I wanted to dance with both of them. Luckily they agreed on my capeceo and I could share a tanda with both of them. The other wanted to dance on closed embrace and dancing with her felt heavenly soft. Again I could keep focus on dancing and keep sexual desires aside. The second one on the other hand to my surprise kept distance and offered me an open embrace. So here I was, facing a beautiful woman naked face to face. Now I really needed all I had to keep cool and could do it until she started to breath loudly. This was too much and I felt that I started to get excited. To make the situation more easy, I did what I could to invite her to close the embrace but felt that I could not verbally ask for this. Should I apologize her and run into the toilet or should I face the confusion and finnish the tanda? I choosed the later and tried to enjoy dancing without getting too exited. I did what I could to cool down and it was propably for the first time I imagined being some where else when I danced. Maybe I could have enjoyed the situation more but this time I wasn´t yet ready to show my excitement openly and feel as relaxed with it as the other guy who danced with his girlfriend almost the whole night with an erection. After the tanda the girl asked me with a smile if I was alright. Yes, I mumbled and we left the dance floor. Now I really needed another beer and sat down with it to calm my nerves.

The night continued and soon I tried to keep up with the rythm of a difficult milonga tanda with my host, a woman with a big heart full of hospitality. Both of us had hard time following the music but we had lots of fun. Afterwards I danced a nice and relaxing tanda with the organizer changing roles from tango to tango. It was wonderful to dance with a leader who could keep his dancing simple and full of presence. For the ones who thought about if we would dare to dance a chacarera – well yes – we danced a ”nakarera”. It was rather confusing as I still do not know the structure but hilarious! At midnight the Dj changed and it was time for alternative music. For me this meant finding a warm blanket and going to reflect what I had experienced on a sofa. Few hours later one of the guest with whom I shared the accomodation waked me up. It was time to leave home. In the morning I woke up, got dressed and walked into the kitchen finding a delicious brunch waiting for me. We shared our experiences with cake and coffee. It felt as if dancing together naked had put all roles and taboos aside, the conversations were vivid and honest. After the brunch it was time to embrace and say good bye.

To end this story I want to do a short summary of what I experienced.
First, I got an lovely insight of the nudist culture and understood how purifying experience being and dancing naked can be. Especially when dancing in a close embrace it felt not so different than being in a spa or sauna. The same familiar of feeling of equality that I love from a sauna reigned the atmosphere.

Secondly, I learned more about my own sexuality and how I can adjust what I want to feel or how deeply I want to go into a specific feeling while dancing.

To finnish I want to encourage others do try dancing without clothes and maybe even organize a naked milonga. Who knows, maybe in the next edition of ”Tango Sauna” there could be a possibility for this.

»Nackter Tango« („Naked Tango”) – THE unique & famous erotic tango festival

Németország nemcsak a meztelen milonga, hanem a Nackter Tango maraton hazája is, amelyet ebben az évben áprilisban rendeztek meg Stuttgart közelében és a következő alkalom jövő év februárjában lesz.

A maraton alapötlete az 1990-es Naked tangó című filmből származik. A film sztorija: 1924-ben Torres a dúsgazdag argentin bíró, ifjú és érzéki francia feleségével Buenos Aires felé tart egy luxushajó fedélzetén. A bálteremben megismert tánc a tangó elbűvöli Stephanie-t, aki minden gátlásától megszabadulva egy rejtélyes idegenben véli felismerni az igazi férfit és megszökik férjétől. Cholo azonban csapdába csalta a lányt. Szerelme Stephanie-t bordélyba kényszeríti.

A filmből jött a maraton öltözködési szabályzata, amely eltér a „Naked truth” milonga teljes meztelenségéről. Itt A férfiak elegánsak, a nők pedig lenge erotikus fehérneműben vannak vagy teljesen meztelenek. A fesztivál-maraton szervezője a filmnek megfelelően fogalmazza a dresszkód kritériumokat:

‘The dress code is open to your imagination. The motto is derived from the movie of the same name (see link on the bottom), in which an elegantly dressed tanguero and pimp dances a tense and highly erotic tango with a largely naked, beautiful tanguera in the red-light milieu of Buenos Aires in the 1930s.

Be inspired by this unusual scenery you find to watch further down on this site.

So, by no means wear street clothes or standard milonga outfit!
Guide: We intend to create a classy atmosphere. Tangueras should not be all covered up, the more enticing gleaming skin (even nudity!) can be seen in the shimmer of the discreet lights, the more suitable. As regards the tangueros, we suggest elegant evening dress (suit, dinner jacket) as a simple solution. Women love this!
But the evening will also be open for intelligent variations, such as fancy dress, 1920s or 1930s style, uniform or else – anything that goes with red-light ambience.’

Valami hasonló:

Magyar naked tangó marathon résztvevők

A maraton honlapjának az olvasgatása közben lettem figyelmes arra, hogy a legutolsó, most áprilisi résztvevők nemzetiségét nézve, mintha lett volna valaki  Magyarországról. Jól látom, valóban zöld az országunk a térképen?!?

Megnézve az országzászlókat, igen az ott egyértelműen, feketén fehéren, illetve piros-fehér-zölden, az egy magyar zászló a többi között.

Tehát úgy tűnik, hogy volt valaki Magyarországról most áprilisban. Atyaég, mennyire izgalmas! Ráadásul, amikor a szervezőtől engedélyt kértem a fentebbi zenekaros kép publikálására a következőt írta nekem:

For your information: we already had several times dancers from Hungary

Az illendőség és tisztesség kedvéért nem kérdeztem rá a szervezőnél, hogy ki (kik) voltak azok, de be kell, hogy vallanom, hogy elképesztően kíváncsi vagyok, egyrészt azért, hogy ki az, másrészt egy élménybeszámolót szeretnék tőle.

Tehát ha te (ti) voltál egy ilyen maratonon, kérlek-könyörgök jelentkezz nálam és mesélj! Ígérem tiszteletben tartom anonimitásod és ezúton kérek elnézést attól a 20-25 embertől, akitől már megkérdeztem, hogy volt e már Nackter Tangó maratonon?

Nem is tudom, vajon a férfiaknak vagy a nőknek nehezebb-e egy ilyen milongán részt venni? Khm! Te kivel vállalnál be táncolni egy gyors milongát egy meztelen rendezvényen?

Tangós Ölelés,
Endre

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