But Keith, there has been a teacher from the States in Hong Kong for years! So don't lump all U.S. teachers together.
Trini de Pittsburgh --- Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron, > > I've only danced Tango in Buenos Aires and Hong Kong but > we have had > many foreign visitors to our milongas here and generally, > they've been > very good social dancers and have always been very > welcome. So, up until > a month or so ago I'd have thought, OMG, but wouldn't > really have understood > what you're talking about. But now we have our very own > Tango instructor > from the USA who is exactly as you describe. He's only > one person so it's not > too much trouble and I can still only imagine the > nightmare of many dancers > like him in our milongas. I'd simply stop going. > > Keith, HK > > On Fri Mar 14 23:07 , "Tango Society of Central > Illinois" sent: > > > > >Outside Argentina these differences are not maintained. > In fact, tango > >reserved for exhibition or the stage is typically the > predominant form > >of tango danced in social gatherings called 'milongas'. > It is also > >quite common to find no one at a 'milonga' in the USA > dance any of the > >variations of 'tango de salon' at an event called a > 'milonga'. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
