TFH wrote of his two pet teaching peeves: > Find ways to teach them to have their left foot step in front of them > rather than off to the left. They ALL do it! STOP THEM!
That's common hereabouts in segregated class pupils. The guy is going left to avoid kicking the girl's foot. Which he's not yet moved because actually he hasn't learned to lead. Guys: spend 1hr with a good leader. > Someone, PLEASE, tell me why soooo many teachers teach > young followers to s-s-s-s-stretch their leg out, > really far, in a backstep!!! Same again. The guy hasn't learned to lead her to stretch, and this teacher 'fixes' /her/ the only way he knows. This breaks the connection so neither guy or girl can find the natural solution themselves. > Is that the only way to teach them to have a straight knee and a > beautiful leg? Can't they have it with a shorter backstep They sure can. Girls: ignore teacher. Guys: spend 1hr with a good leader. > NEITHER of them knows how to fix that awful feeling of having > absolutely no connection. Bounce! Bounce! Bounce! Girls: spend 1hr with a good leader. Guys: spend 1hr with a good leader. > Almost every teacher that I have seen lets those things go! The teacher has no choice. These dysfunctions are inevitable consequences of the class teahcing model that couples non-dancers with non-dancers. -- Chris _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
