Sandhill Crane wonders when the pendulum will swing back from fancy steps to fundamentals.
Martin Nussbaum wrote "when most dancers have been dancing for seven or eight years or more". It takes that long for people to realize figures aren't everything, in my experience." IMHO, it's the men who want the fancy steps not the women. The women (at least those who dance close embrace) want to feel protected on the floor from poor navigation and want connection. Women don't realize how much power they have to force men to dance better. Instead of tolerating bad dancing with the same men over and over, they should stop dancing with them instead of complaining. My teacher told me that women would complain about men with poor attitudes and wanted him to do something about it at the milonga. His response was always "Then don't dance with him." That wasn't the desired answer. Every woman has to answer the question: Is BAD tango better than NO tango? If the answer is BAD tango, then you'll getting exactly what you wanted. Michael I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines Hopefully won't drown from the rain in Washington, DC _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
