> in my opinion, a good teacher teaches technique first and coreography as > a side-effect.
I suggest a good teacher teaches technique first and improvisation as a side-effect. Choreography is no part of it. It's sad to read that Tango USA still suffers from this: > The method of having men & ladies separate to learn a choreography can > work with really good instructors. ... It always surprises me how well > people are dancing a complex choreography by the end of their class > without much anticipation. Part of their success, I believe, is that > they repeat the sequence over and over and over again ... Good teachers years ago discovered that rote-learning of sequences degrades technique, handicaps improvisation... ... and sabotages the beginner's understanding of the dance: PHOEBE: So um, are you the professional guitar player? (CHRISSIE HYNDE): Yeah. I'm Stephanie. PHOEBE: ... So, um, so um, how many chords do you know? (CHRISSIE): All of them. PHOEBE: Oh yeah, so you know D? (CHRISSIE): Yeah. PHOEBE: Ok, do you know A minor? (CHRISSIE): Yeah. PHOEBE: Ok, do you know how to go from D to A minor? -- Chris PS Osvaldo Fresedo and Ricardo Ruiz - Buscandote http://youtube.com/watch?v=vp9RFSQzz2A (video 2m02s) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
