--- "Nussbaum, Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am severely afflicted with split personality. I want to > dance Disarli like Gustavo, Darienzo like Chicho, Piazzola and alternative music like Sebastian, Pugliese like Osvaldo, Vals like Julio, and Milonga like > Javier. Help!! Is anyone ever anything but a mixed > soup of those artists they admire most? How do you break free ?
Or perhaps Gustave, Chico, Sebastian, et al are dancing like you. :) I'm glad that my original post wasn't accepted by the moderator (I had left your entire message intact) because it allowed me to change my post. Perhaps, Martin, you've already developed your own style but are not aware of it. I'd suggest checking in with your regular dance partners. I bet they can sense your personal signature in all of those dances. There have been lots of times when I've danced with a man and think "Aha! He's been studying with so-and-so recently. This move feels just like so-and-so." Over time that flashback disappears and that same move changes to suit the man, rather than the other way around. Come to think of it, my own male students all have different signatures even though they go through the same training with me, have the same dance partners, attend the same workshops, and are all trained to lead the way I like to be led. Obviously, you're finding different things to like in each of those dancers for different reasons. I'd suggest continuing to explore those specific things. Is having one particular attribute necessarily exclusive of having another? Perhaps one attribute becomes more appealing than the other and you can start focusing on what's more important to you. Sometimes, certain physical realities can bring about some focus, as well. So, don't worry too much, and enjoy the process. Trini de Pittsburgh PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
