Since we all hate the 8CB paso basico so much and feel it is a failed
teaching method that encourages the wrong kind of dancing and collisions
on the pista,
how do we all feel about the open frame 6CB (modified box step) that is
frequently taught for milonga?
I say it is a nice, simple figure
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
alex
Most fail to see tango in its social light - that it is a social dance - a
social experience. Tango has its own culture. (Some have called it a cult.)
Beginner classes often fail in not teaching or conveying the other aspects
of tango (beyond the dance, the vocabulary, the technique) - not
What's the point of replacing one 'basic figure' with another basic figure?
Especially as the 6CB incudes the worst elements of the 8CB, i.e. the back
step and the Resolution. I think the only common ground so far in this
discussion is that there should be no such thing as a basic figure in
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Why not show them something they all already know how
to do? Remember your first dancing? What did you do?
Well, you put your arms around the girl's waist and
she put her arms around your shoulders and you stood
in place, rocking back and forth ( ahem..Rock
Step!) Tell them to use
IMO, if, over time, a beginner doesn't develop a love and feel for classic
argentine tango music and in addition can't find the beat, no matter how many
months of classes he/she attends or how many different (if available) teachers
are used, then I believe it's a lost cause. What does a teacher
( New leaders, save these!!! )
Nice! Here's another:
Back when I was just past being a newbie, but still
could only do the basic few patterns and only in one
direction, I got some helpful advice. There was an
extra teacher hanging out in the room, helping here
and there. :o)
This move really
Maybe you mean that a front ocho figure is a good holding pattern? Or
did you mean that a front ocho or back ocho figure can also be over- or
under-rotated to realign the couple's direction, to navigate around a
couple that has stopped to execute some kind of non-progressing figure.
Also
Tango For Her wrote:
It just seems that the two discussions, “walk, walk,
walk” and “the basic-8” are just spending a lot of
time just defending or breaking down these teaching
styles. Those teacing methods already exist and new
leaders still have nightmares when they get out to the
IMO, if, over time, a beginner doesn't develop a love and feel for classic
argentine tango music and in addition can't find the beat, no matter how many
months of classes he/she attends or how many different (if available)
teachers are used, then I believe it's a lost cause. What does a teacher
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
Help Newbies Dance in Tight Spaces
When I was a beginner, my first milonga was on a very
small, very crowded floor. No room to move.
DisasterVille!
Later, as a more advanced dancer, I had a few
interesting private lessons.
1. I had a private lesson with a partner. It was in a
10x8 space.
Original Message
From: Janis Kenyon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
Osvaldo was overwhelmed by the response to his dancing on Monday night in El
Beso. He has never done an exhibition because he dances for himself, not an
audience.
That explains it to some extent. He did not look to be in
Original Message
From: Janis Kenyon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
Osvaldo was overwhelmed by the response to his dancing on Monday night in El
Beso. He has never done an exhibition because he dances for himself, not an
audience.
That explains it to some extent. He did not look to be in
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