On 13/06/2011 20:49, Gordon Erlebacher wrote:
Personally I prefer it that way.
So do I. A local teacher (Sergio Molini, an Argentine
dancer dragged in Belgium by Jorge Donn) actually used
the same approach to decide what to teach for an entire
year in Antwerp. We were asked to dance for ten
On 13/06/2011 20:58, Huck Kennedy wrote:
Sorry, but if you are spending big bucks to fly to another
city, rent a hotel room, and pay festival fees, you are entitled to
know what the subject of each class is going to be.
No. You're just entitled to not go to a class if you don't
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Andrew RYSER SZYMAÑSKI
arrabalta...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
--- On Mon, 13/6/11, Huck Kennedy tempeh...@gmail.com wrote:
Let's hope this sorry
new trend gets nipped in the bud, pronto.
I remember, way back in 1995[?] we had a visiting teacher here in
This is part of an announcement for a tango festival:
Note on Class Subjects -
At the request of the maestros', no class topics will be announced ahead of
time. Instead, all classes will be rated by level only. This is what normally
happens in Buenos Aires and the purpose is to give the
Personally I prefer it that way. If I respect a teacher for his/her
knowledge, it does not even matter if they simply discuss the basic
sequence since there is so much one can do. the problem is that many
people want steps, steps, sequences, sequences, rather than good old
fashioned technique.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Michael tangoman...@cavtel.net wrote:
This is part of an announcement for a tango festival:
Note on Class Subjects -
At the request of the maestros', no class topics will be announced ahead of
time. Instead, all classes will be rated by level only. This is
I'm with Huck. If I want to work on my milonga, I want a workshop that says
milonga. Same for musicality workshops. I think titles gives people
different things to think about before the workshops so that they can be better
prepared for the workshop themselves.
There are times when the
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Lois Donnay don...@donnay.net wrote:
This is great, because it is the truth. Unfortunately, students demand to
know what the teachers are teaching, thinking that their own ability to tell
what they need is better than the teachers. I find this false confidence
