Dear Igor, By "absolutely professional teaching method" I mean:
1) They prepare their lessons in advance, studying deeply what what they are going to teach and how to transfer their knownledge to the students. 2) Because of this previous work, they develop their classes working with a clear concept, starting from very easy but very important excersises on rythmics and walking, and then growing up to more complex movements. 3)They treat the students with respect and kindness, which for me is one of the most important things a teacher should practice. As students, we're all vulnerable, and unlikely, some teachers act as if they were born knowing how to dance, forgetting the fact that to come to a class means to forget our ego by telling other people "I don't know, please, teach me what you do know, help me". 4)They base their teaching in the concept of improvisation, which, together with the embrace, is the real essence of our dance. So they are not teaching strange or sofisticated movements that can only be done by young healthy bodies. 5) As they do the music at the milongas they run, they have a large collection of tangos, valses and milongas and they also base their teaching in the musicality. I can probably tell you more, but I think this is enough to show that they're not following the "do it like me" method, and they know what they are doing. Hugs, Maria -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] nombre de Igor Polk Enviado el: Miercoles, 05 de Septiembre de 2007 04:42 p.m. Para: [email protected] Asunto: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method Maria Olivera wrote: "Their teaching method is absolutely professional.." -- Maria, what is the "Absolutely Professional Teaching Method" ? Igor Polk _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l __________ Informacisn de NOD32, revisisn 2507 (20070905) __________ Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system http://www.nod32.com _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
