I think any teacher who has been in a community for awhile starts to realize that creating good dancers who are also polite and respectful is essential, or the community will suffer. But sometimes new teachers who come along don't understand this, so will teach some fancy steps or just repeat what they heard in a class somewhere, without regard to how it really applies. This can also apply to some traveling teachers, who may not be as interested in the long term health of the community and won't be around to deal with what they taught. But often this is successful because students may want something "new", rather than that teacher who has experience, or want difficult steps because they have been dancing so long they MUST be able to handle them.
So I'll throw it back to the community - be sure to sponsor and recommend those teachers who DO ponder what they want to see on the social dance floor. Lois Donnay Minneapolis > At this point I'll just encourage all teachers to ponder > what they really want to see on the social dance floor, > and then to act accordingly. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
