On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Andrew RYSER SZYMAÑSKI
<[email protected]> wrote:
> --- On Mon, 13/6/11, Huck Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Let's hope this sorry
>> new trend gets nipped in the bud, pronto.
>
> I remember, way back in 1995[?] we had a visiting teacher here in London [UK]
> - Maria Pantuso - who did just that. She asked us to warm up for a few tangos
> and watched us for a good 15 minutes, talking to our teacher occasionally. We
> were wondering what was going on at the time. She eventually explained that
> as she did not know us she needed to find out where we were at. The ensuing
> class was shit hot & to the point [giros]. Nothing new about that then, it's
> just being sensible.
Yet another reader straying from the premise. We aren't
talking about a visiting teacher coming in to teach an ongoing class
of some local teacher in which all the students are at relatively the
same place in tango space and time--we're talking about group classes
at a tango festival where students come from different communities all
over the country with different styles, and different strengths and
weaknesses.
> if you are spending big bucks to fly to another city, rent a hotel room, and
> pay festival fees, do you really want to come back moving like a right jerk
> because you insisted on learning moves you haven't yet got the technique for?
You might consider the possibility that not everyone in the
tango festival-going community is a blithering moron completely
lacking in self-awareness. Just a suggestion.
Huck
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