Valentin TIEDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Counting steps and beats when dancing Tango ... > >This is as if you drink a bottle of champagne discussing the chemical analysis >of the wine; as if you see a beautifull sunset >discussing the frequencies of >the electromagnetic waves going into the eyes. >I'm still a tango-beginner and I guess, the Tango-experts outside Buenos Aires >know more about the tango, than the >milongueros, who don't know how to count >and dance "only" by feeling"the music...
Not really. At least for leaders, it is like learning how to create the bottle of champagne by discussing methods of growing & harvesting grapes, pressing the wine and bottling, or learning how to paint a beautiful sunset by discussing brush types, technique in brush strokes, types of paint and types of canvas. In tango, leaders at least, do not go out and enjoy the product created by someone else, or found native in the wild. The dancer has to create it. That being said, most good dancers probably don't "Count" while dancing, any more than proficient readers recite the alphabet while reading. But counting can be a useful tool while learning, and I'm sure, long ago, most of the old milongueros spent at least some time counting beats and counting steps. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
