<<<Today, we have teachers that organize classes and we pay them. Back then, they had teachers (each other) and just because they weren't publically announced classrooms with fees, we don't consider them as teachers?
So, if Charles teaches me and I teach Charles and we don't put fliers out on the tables at milongas, then we didn't have teachers? Hmmmm.....>>> Good point. Tango pedagogy as we know it didn't exist in those days. You learned from your peers. My first dance is swing which I never actually studied as a kid in the fifties (now you all know my age, in case you were curious!). My sister and I danced at home to rock and roll and rhythm and blues records that my mother had. We went to the record hops and high school dances and learned from each other, copying steps from other couples...and we won some dance contests! We all put so much stock in studying tango with certified teachers that we forget that it was just a part of everyday life to those who danced it in Buenos Aires, so it was very likely that many people did not actually have tango teachers. Having a teacher does not make you a tango dancer and you can see that at every milonga you go to. :-o ! Charles ************** Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
