[Tango-L] "Stay away from self appointed tango teachers."

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

Dear Derik,

In your post, you seem to blame the close-embrace
style for your boredom rather than, well, yourself. 
If you don't want to do close-embrace all the time,
fine.  But why place a value judgement on those who
do?  

If you do not understand why people choose to do
close-embrace all-the-time, then I can only guess that
1) you don't know enough about close-embrace to keep
it interesting, 2) you do not value the same things
close-embrace people do, or 3) both.  There's nothing
wrong with that, but it is rude for you to place your
values on others on something so personal and
intimate.  "Keeping the embrace closed all the time is
like keeping the bandondeon closed all the
time...ridiculous!" is a value judgement.

If I am misreading you, then let me apologize in
advance.  I do wish, though, that you would express
yourself in a more thoughtful manner.

Trini de Pittsburgh



--- Derik Rawson <rawsonweb at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Trini:
> 
> What are you two talking about....lol.  I do front
> ochos all the in variations of close and open
> embrace.
>  As you have heard it said many times, "The embrace
> opens and closes like a bandondeon."  My point is to
> vary the embrace.  You should know how to be
> connected
> with your partner, no matter what.  
> Keeping the embrace closed all the time is like
> keeping the bandondeon closed all the
> time...ridiculous!  My view is that the inexperience
> and lack of understanding probably falls more on the
> side of the people who do close embrace all the
> time,
> and their teachers who purposely eliminate teaching
> the front ocho entirely....like Tine.  Give me a
> break....lol.
> 
> Derik
> d.rawson at rawsonweb.com
> 
> 
> --- "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Derik,
> > 
> > Trini, here.  As someone who dances close-embrace
> > most
> > of the time, I can tell you that it is quite
> > possible
> > to do a front ocho in close-embrace.  Your posts
> > indicate that your relative inexperience lets you
> > believe that such is not possible.  I suggest that
> > if
> > you worked more on the close-embrace you will
> > discover
> > a lot more options that you are missing out on. 
> And
> > you might understand better why so many people,
> not
> > just Americans, enjoy dancing close-embrace
> > "all-the-time".  
> > 
> > Personally, dancing close allows me to better
> > communicate with my partner.  This is the spice
> that
> > adds a lot of variety to the dance...to those men
> > who
> > can listen.
> > 
> > Happy tangos, whatever your style.
> > Trini de Pittsburgh
> > 
> > 
> > --- Derik Rawson <rawsonweb at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear Sean:
> > > 
> > > 1.  I chose Andres because I like the way he
> > dances.
> > > 2.  Andres would probably tell you and all the
> > other
> > > "close embrace all the time people", to open up
> > the
> > > embrace briefly to allow a front ocho, and then
> > > close
> > > the embrace again afterwords.  Variety is the
> > spice
> > > of
> > > life, right?
> > > 
> > > Derik
> > > d.rawson at rawsonweb.com
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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