Deby: "Take 100 dancers. Of that 100 65 are women and 35 are men. So you have 35 men to dance with 65 women. Of the 65 women, maybe 15 are excellent dancers. Of the 35 men maybe 5 are excellent. So there are 5 men for 15 women. Then there are the rest of the dancers. Those 5 men know they are the best dancers. Those 5 men..."
Wonderful Deby ! Only I'd like to add that a number of excellent dancers between woman varies depending on who they are dancing with. I'll explain. I am sure if you take one of the 60 men ( which are not excellent) - for them, yes, 15 good women only. But if you take the rest 5 - more. They would say 50 women are good. That is the way it is. Great man dancer is able to reveal hidden talents of other women besides those 15 "excellent" ones. And they might even say that some of those 15 are not that excellent like others think... Shortly, every man dancer has his own understanding of who is the excellent one. And the numbers do not match. So, overall, taking in account opinions of all these 5 excellent leaders, there will be say 30 excellent women out of 65. What is the conclusion? The ratio of excellent women to excellent men is even larger than 15/5. It is 30/5. --------------------------------- Now the main point of my message: ( and that is corresponding to the previous topic - how to retain - (not anyone, but excellent!) beginners ). HOW TO GROW UP AN EXCELLENT MAN-DANCER. Many men as well as women stop progressing, taking classes, improving. Some of them judge their talents more objectively, most - not. I do believe that is it possible to become a great tango dancer, if one is diligent enough, but they should have motivation. They should have a guiding star in front of them - which is going to say them - you are not there yet ! And here what is your goal.. As for those 30.. How to let them know: You are not one of 5 ! Women are dancing with you only because, there is not enough excellent men. Yet. Time changes, and more people come to tango. And many men do not even suspect that it is possible to dance much better than they do. Way better. There are 6 major styles of tango. 4 styles of milonga. And Tango vals is not a vals if one does not make rotating turns and floating feelings... Do you know at least half of this? May be they understand it - they are not one of 5, but tango is not a competition, it is a social event, when friendship count A LOT. We come to "socialize" to our tango parties. But still, if it is possible to improve, why not to make this gift for your beloved one? For your dancing friends? Some of whom regularly dance with those 5 Kings of the dance? Men.... Learn tango ! So, my question is how to bring up those excellent tango dancers: How to retain promising beginners, how to provide a guidance of great dancing, how to motivate men not to stop in the middle. What workshops are possible to train great man-dancers? Igor Polk [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.virtuar.com/tango/ www.jcctango.org San Francisco _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
