--- On Mon, 12/1/08, Tango Society of Central Illinois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The tango instructors from Argentina teaching in the US represent the sampling
error in teaching primarily nuevo and fantasia, explicitly or
> implicitly represented as social tango, which it is not in Buenos
> Aires. ... The driving force is economic. Tango is a commodity to sell and
> the Argentine instructors sell nuevo and fantasia step patterns because
> there is a market of consumers with dollars (or euros or pounds or
> yen) in their hands willing to pay for something that fits cultural
> expectations.
>
> Ron
I think you're correct, Ron. My experience in working with salon teachers new
to our community is that they tend to offer workshops with nuevo elements.
They seem a bit surprised when I eschew the nuevo classes for more basic steps
or more technique-oriented classes. And they seem quite happy about it. The
young American teachers on the circuit tend to make that same assumption, too,
though I suspect that is mostly friends asking friends to teach. I wish these
elegant salon teachers would have more faith in the style that they do.
Trini de Pittsburgh
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