Tom Stermitz wrote: >On a social dance floor, the 8CB w/DBS is COMPLETELY non functional. >When you are social dancing, you have to break the pattern every two >steps, so why bother to learn a useless pattern.
The challenge in teaching newcomers/beginners is in providing some semblance of success in dancing tango while providing a foundation for future learning. The 8CB w/ or wo/DBS isn't helpful at all on either front. It is more like an obstacle that one must overcome to show a desire to learn. It shifts learning from an integrated mind/body experience linked to the music to a mostly intellectual experience that is disconnected from the music. Even when the 8CB is mastered, its execution creates all kinds of navigational problems because the beginner who has mastered it wants to go through the entire sequence whether there is room or not. The DBS adds to navigational problems. For most learners, tango is best taught to beginners in small elements that can be executed rhythmically. It gets them moving to the music. The small elements can be combined to provide a taste of improvisation right from the beginning. With best regards, Steve _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
