Re: [Tango-L] beginners and milonga

2008-02-15 Thread Carol Shepherd
Interesting. When I learned D8CB tango from Ray Hogan and Amy Calio in Detroit 10 years ago (open frame), after about 3-4 months, the next dance on the agenda was milonga. Difficulty was very clearly presented as tango, milonga, vals. We didn't even get to vals until level 3. Milonga was

Re: [Tango-L] beginners and milonga

2008-02-15 Thread doug
Charles Theoretically, it sounds fun to start that way, but pedagogically speaking it is a little like putting the cart before the horse. /Charles Having taught dance for over 10 years now, I find that pedagogy often dictates that fun precede deep study. Nothing wrong with coasting around in