Mario is right; there is much to be learned from watching the masters on YouTube.
But, as others have said, only after learning the basics from a teacher and after becoming a competent dancer in the milongas. The fact is that there is sooo much to learn that it would be impossible to learn it all in classes and private lessons, no matter how hard you study or how many teachers you might have. An example for me was the Ocho Cortado. Yes, I'd learned it and could dance it pretty well, with no problems. Then I saw a teaching video on YouTube. It showed other ways to dance this simple figure. For example, with different entries or in crossed feet or varying the rhythm or little things the man could do with his feet or repeating it. Sure, I could have learned all this, probably better, from a teacher but it never came up in classes or lessons. There are many other examples and, yes, maybe I would have learned these things for myself, on the dance floor. But how many years would that take? But care is needed. I've seen more than one guy change from being a competent social dancer to become a complete idiot by trying to do stupid stuff that he'd seen on YouTube. Just my 2 cents. Jack > From: Mario <[email protected]> > > Now that I have been dancing for 3 1/2 years I can say with confidence that >YES one can learn from Utube. Not without cualification however. > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
