I like your comparison of learning a second language to tango but think about this...If you take lessons in Spanish for a few months and then switch to German and a few months later try French you end up not speaking any of them very well. I see taking endless tango lessons from different instructors the same way. Everyone is going to teach differently so your poor brain is going to explode trying to figure out who's instruction to follow. Find someone local to your area that you would like to emulate and stick with them. Whenever a visiting teacher is coming to your area you can get a pretty good look at how they dance on you tube and on rare occasions one will dance the style that suits your taste.The best local social dancers I see are those that have followed this method.
In a message dated 12/4/2010 1:56:54 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Learning to dance traditional Argentine Tango is like learning a second language..it's often frustrating and often a miracle.. in my own case it's been two steps forward and two steps back. Now, recently I've heard the theory that; 'He started dancing too late in life'...ugh, how many times have I heard this about learning a second language? ...the only thing to do is to keep on dancing. OK..my new learning theory for A.T. is this; just when everything seems to be falling apart, this is exactly when and where the new leap forward will occur! ...and so, hang in there and experience the mess to it's fullest, you are about to exit the dark tunnel into broad daylight and with a beautiful new fluency that will make it all worthwhile! The ugly duckling becomes the swan. ... ... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=734224171 www.youtube.com/user/nacotete www.tangoandchaos.org www.theopendoorway.org/audiovisual.html THE WAR IS MAKING YOU POOR! _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
