I certainly and wholeheartedly agree with the previous post about the confusion of taking class from every 'teacher' who comes down the pike... in fact, I've been thinking on posting on the 'Care and feeding of male leads' that a BIG reason for the high dropout rate is exactly that...the confusion and defeat experienced by new male leads when confronted with teacher after teacher 'instructing' them on what is right and what is wrong...ugh With a less intense commercial atmosphere, perhaps a dancer could be left somewhat to his own devices and the feedback of the dance and dance partner to evolve his own personal style and go on to focus on other things...like the music and the enjoyment of the dance.
One obvious fact that I can point to is that there seems to be a BIG LACK of anyone attempting to help the poor newbie lead to at first master the ronda, the line of dance and the simple but infinitely rich walks and turns that would allow him to attend milongas, dance and enjoy the experience.... No, far from that, the emphasis is instead on figures that no one ever seems to master or use and the hype of the class as THE place to practice dance and NOT the milonga itself.... think about it, I see this everywhere I've been and if you are not seeing it...lucky you! ... 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
