--- Floyd Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I spent nearly ten years in a Tango wasteland studying what was behind it all... Without (for the most part) being able to dance it myself. But that did not stop the understand of it. I concentrated on the origins and concepts. How and why it came about. I bought and watched current and historical movies.., read books, listened to the music, bought instructional videos, went to workshops, kept in touch with Mataj and others all during my non-dancing era. ---
I wonder, if one were to substitute "Martial Arts" for "tango" in the above paragraph, whether the writer would feel qualified to teach martial arts. If he did, and Chuck Noris criticized his teaching, do you suppose the writer would challenge him to a sparring match? Anyone may sign up for and post any B.S. they want to this list. But the tango world is tiny. There is at most one degree of separation between any of us who post regularly. It is easy to get background info on any of us. I urge those of you reading who are new to the community and don't know the writers in person to talk to someone who has danced with the author before you buy a bunch of B.S. in a well crafted package. I was shocked and saddened by TangoforHer's endorsement of Floyd over Keith Elshaw. If there are any others out there who don't know Keith Elshaw's qualifications, I offer this endorsement: If Keith ever disagrees with me on any aspect of tango, you may safely assume that he is right and I am wrong. I've often said that there are no experts on this list. But Keith is probably closer to that than the rest of us. Sean PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
