Igor, I really think it would be prudent to wait until you've made your first trip to BsAs before correcting Deby on the actual situation there.
Keith, HK On Thu Oct 11 2:25 , "Igor Polk" sent: >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 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
