Brick Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: Is every Argentinian a fabulous Tangeuro/a by Birthright? Are there no poor Argentine dancers?
The Tango Tourists [snip].. will even be better than the Porten~os who take only a casual interest in Tango. Sorry to disappoint you, but Tango dancing Argentines are truly better, in general, than dancers hailing from non-Tango dancing societies. To understand why, it is worth re-reading the following words of wisdom from Sergio Vandekier. Thanks Sergio, Lucia -------------- http://ar.f352.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter;_ylc=X3oDMTUyNWgyanIzBEFjdGlvbgNWaWV3IG1lc3NhZ2UESW50bANhcgRMbmtUeXADUmVndWxhcgRQYXJ0VHlwZQNZYWhvbyEEUmVzUG9zQQM0BFJlc1Bvc1IDNARTcmNoQ3VycgNtZXNzYWdlBFNyY2hEZXN0A21lc3NhZ2V2aWV3BF9RdWVyeUlkAzIzNjg4NDY5MzY0NzM0YWI0MTAxNzliBF9TAzE1MDUwMDY4NA--?umid=1_52142_21_13340_0_AFazo0IAAP9PQ129JgkLtB90kKA&sbox=%40S%40Search&Idx=0&pos=0&Search=1&[EMAIL PROTECTED]@Search&& Lucia says: "Some people are born athletes. Some are not. Some are born dancers, some are not. These are natural traits, gifts, and one may not achieve the hoped for resultats, regardless of the effort put in." I can assure you that Lucia's view is shared by a great number of Argentines. When it comes to any artistic activity you are classified very early in life as having aptitude and then you are encouraged to study and perfect yourself or not having it and then you are discouraged and guided to do something else. People think that you are born with a genetical structure that will allow you to exhibit certain skills but you may, on the other hand, congenitally lack conditions to succeed in certain endeavors. Accordingly and although education is free through graduate school. Many people do not go to the University because they think that they lack the necessary conditions. People will say " He is very good for music" or " painting" or "dancing" etc. or else they will say "el no tiene oido para la musica" (he has no ear for music) , etc. With respect to dancing if you are not graceful from the very beginning you are classified as being "pata dura" (stiff legged). This classification is a terrible handicap very difficult to overcome. The frequent result is that you will never attempt to dance "because you are convinced that you have no conditions". In the States on the other hand it does not matter what natural ability you have or you do not have, you are encouraged to continue and acquire the maximum possible development within your possibilities. Here however children are also classified into "gifted" and then they are taught in a more accelerated form or "normal" or "handicapped" so that their education is adjusted to their degree of intelligence. Argentina has a tendency to mix children of different intelligence degree because it is though that this mixture is a reflection of life in general and prepares them better to live in society. Especial education is provided for handicapped children. The result of this mentality is that in the States you find a great number of mediocre dancers on the floor. Although they may not be graceful or gifted they manage to socialize and have great fun dancing. In Argentina the number of such people is more reduced because the ones that were not "blessed" by nature do not dance. So they will have to have fun doing something different. I hope that this helps to understand, best regards, Sergio. http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat3.asp?id=2287 --------------------------------- Compartí video en la ventana de tus mensajes y también tus fotos de Flickr. Usáel Nuevo Yahoo! Messenger versión Beta. Visitá http://ar.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
