It all depends on who are xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx ;-) I am not a teacher, but I have seen teaching couples spread "confusion" in my tango comunity, so I don't know what to think of this letter. Yes, it is not politically correct. But, sometimes I feel the same pain watching some hard work's results destroyed in hours.
So, if possible, tell us who are xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx , then everyone will make their own conclusion. Otherwise, no com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amaury de Siqueira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: [Tango-L] How to foster sustainable and unified communities. > > Hello folks, > > > > The following email show the exchange among dancers in anAmerican city. I > have anonymzed clues in the message that could identifypeople and places > to avoid further dissention. > > > > My question are for the veterans that have spent yearsand great effort > creating sustainable and unified communities. How can weas a group > continue to thrive when dancers have such blunt disrespect for others? > > > > I ask this question to the list for a simple reason: thecontent of the > message below indicates problems that could deeply divide andhurt a > community? > > > > I don’t think this problem is unique to oneplace. On the contrary > such blunt animosity may very well be the normrather than exception. > > > > Constructive comments anyone? > > > > Respectfully, > > Amaury > > > > > > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > > One last time for those who may be "sitting on thefence" so to speak ... > > > > This weekend, I am offering a series of 5 classes whichare tailored for > the tango communities in and around xxxxxxxxxxxxx. > > > > Some people are tempted by the workshops of xxxxxx xxxxxxxxand xxxxxxxx > xxxxx, which happen to be in part coinciding with myclasses. You can see > all the details of that program, as it was posted onseveral yahoo groups, > which I copy for you for easy reference, at thebottom of my email here. > > > > If you are considering taking their workshops, I suggestyou take a good > look at the way they dance on one of the several videosposted on youtube, > and while you are watching the videos, make sure themusic is loud enough > to hear, because they are supposed to be teachingsome workshops on > musicality, too. I suggest also that you payclose, careful, objective > attention to the choice of the titles they havemade for their workshops. > I suggest you ask some questions fromyourself about these titles in > connection with what YOU think our tangocommunity needs, and what you > yourself need in your tango dancing. xxxxxxand xxxxxxxx and the > organizers won't do this for you; you have to do itfor yourself. > > > > I was hoping that after he visited our community the lasttime, sometime > last winter, xxxxxx xxxxxxx will offer somethingmeaningful this time > around. So, I have read and read again theannouncements about his and his > partner's upcoming visit, looking for aclue as to what their interest is > in our tango community beyond provingthat they have some talent for the > dance, and a need for money. I waslooking for a clue as to a genuine > interest on their part in the growthof our community's UNDERSTANDING of > the tango. Unfortunately for xxxxxand xxxxxxxx and for those of you who > will be spending your time andmoney and energy with them, I have found no > sign whatsoever of anysensitivity or respect for the makeup and the needs > of the tangocommunity here in their proposed upcoming visit. Par for the > course. > > > > Straight to the point, there is no doubt in my mind thatanyone who is > receiving this email and who is going to miss my classes infavor of their > workshops, is going to lose on three fronts: > > > > 1) missing out on what I have tailored for this community > > 2) learning material from xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx that isgoing to be largely > if not entirely useless, and that will add to theconfusion that comes > with the deluge of this largely useless material. > > > > We will be losing too: For the next few weeks or months,those who will be > confused, and who may have a thick enough skin to readall this, and still > come back to our classes, will come in and askquestions generated by this > unnecessary confusion, that will take timeand energy to try to answer. We > will of course answer, but even the mostlogical answers will encounter > some resistance as I describe next: pleaseread on, because the next part > is the most important part. > > > > There is another dimension to the loss to those who willwaste their time > and money and energy with xxxxxx and xxxxxxxx: > > > > 3) once you submit yourself to the process of trying tolearn what they > will try to teach you, you will have invested more thanmoney, time, and > energy. You will have invested with your feeling andemotions and > aspirations and hopes. That investment is priceless. Youwill want to see > that investment pay off NO MATTER WHAT! And for thatreason, you will be > in a position to question even the most logical andsensible explanations > of tango offered to you if those explanationscontradict what you learnd > from xxxxxx and xxxxxxx. > > > > If you don't believe this, I offer you (anyone) who willtake xxxxxx and > xxxxxxxx's workshops, to come to one of my classesafterwards, and show me > what you learned, and be ready to answer somereally, really tough > questions, and prove me wrong if you can! > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! > Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! > Games. > _______________________________________________ > 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
