Who is Oscar Casas?
At 07:49 AM 2/13/2008, Keith wrote: >I'm not being disrespectful, but I really, really have trouble >understanding the >Americans on this List. I assume you'll freely admit that no >American can dance >anywhere near the level of the Argentines.And yet you still insist >on teaching >Tango your way and not the Argentine way. Why is that? Do you really think >you know better? If you do, it's OK, just say so. > >Tom, do you think you know more about Tango than Oscar Casas - he's just >an example - I can find many more on YouTube. > >Here is a link of Oscar Casas teaching: > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKnh_1KR0A > >What is he teaching - the Tango 8CB. And at almost any class in BsAs, you >will be taught the same figure in beginner classes. > >Tom, do you want to tell Oscar Casas what you wrote below? Do you think he >cannot dance Tango with grace and musicality? Tom, do you think you're better >than Oscar Casas? Please answer my question so that I can try to understand >you. And why do the teach your sidewalk walk when I've never seen that taught >in BsAs. The Argentines walk with grace, beauty, musicality and >precision. Most >American's don't. If you think they do - Tom, please provide some >YouTube links. > >I'm sorry if you think I'm being anti-American, as I've been accused >before on >this List. I'm not - but you're trying to change Tango for the worse >and I just >don't like what you're doing. Why can't you just do things the Argentine way? >I guess that's my question. > >Keith, HK > > > On Wed Feb 13 1:07 , Tom Stermitz sent: > > >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. > > > >For a beginner, it is harmful: > > - It creates rote-patterns, > > - It takes away their prior ability to "just walk around the room" > > - It doesn't feel like dancing > > - It is impossible for them to dance it with grace and musicality. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Tango-L mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
