The truth is, you learn tango by getting inspired and dancing hours and hours. I see students from time-to-time who get that inspiration. Only in a community with multiple nights available are you able to compress two years of learning into six months.
In the US, New York is such a place. San Francisco another. Portland and Denver not as much, but even in these smaller cities, the opportunity can be created when you get that inspiration. Dance four nights per week; Rent a floor; find a partner; take multiple privates. Incidentally, the first person who expressed that insight to me was Daniel Trenner. I think he said it slightly more strongly, like: "Only, when a community gets multiple nights of tango will the level of dancing take that leap forward." And, it a little too obvious to be an insight. 10 hours a week for one years is like 1 hour per week for ???? years. Some things just take time on the dance floor. Some things take time-time, while tango settles into your bones. On Feb 29, 2008, at 3:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tangopeer wrote: > > <<<Have you ever noticed when someone from NYC comes into > your community? They could be dancing for 6 months > and feel like they have been dancing for 2 years. > Why? Osmosis. They are dancing with better dancers. > Are the teachers in NYC better? Many are pretty damn > great. But, osmosis gets the credit.>>> > > Yes, it is part osmosis but an even simpler answer can be found on the > calendar page, newyorktango.com...we have twenty-six milongas and/or > practicas this > week alone. Most of us here can dance every night if we want to, and > many of > us do. The best way to improve your dancing is to dance as > frequently as > possible, which is even more important than taking lots of > workshops. Practice > what you know and refine it...and come here every once in a while to > see if you > are doing it right ;-). > > Like everything else in New York, we aren't the only place with the > best > dancers, we just happen to have more of them. > > Cheers, > Charles _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
