--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Because so many people in the U.S. teach performance and stage tango (i.e. open embrace) instead of traditional social tango, which is what "close embrace" is basically, > she seemed like a novelty. Older dancers here and > especially milongueros and milongueras in Buenos Aires saw that she was just teaching what they had been > doing all their lives.
Susana Miller's influence was in the teaching, not the dancing. Many of the old-timers had no idea how they did what they did. (Several instructors have told me the same story of how they asked their fathers to teach them when they were in their twenties and their fathers basically said "you just do it".) Susana filmed and studied the milongueros, notably Tete, and broke the combinations down. BTW, I took several workshops with Tete earlier this year, but I wouldn't call them productive. He showed a figure and basically said, "just do it". Only he kept changing the figure. He's a nice guy, though, and I enjoyed watching him and Silvia dance. It's important to recall that this was at a time when women were not supposed to be teaching. (Graciela Gonazalez got heck for teaching a women's technique class!) Some people also made it difficult for Susana (I don't know all of the details), but I'm grateful that she continued her efforts and can appreciate her strength. And I'm grateful that Christopher & Caroline of San Francisco and Robert Hauk brought her to the States to teach. Trini de Pittsburgh PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
