[Tango-L] Everyone's "one of the most respected andwell-known dancers in BA

[Tom Stermitz]

If you are from Colorado, you must be an excellent teacher of skiing.

We all grew up skiing.... learned from our grandfathers.

Or, maybe wedeln with Willy Scheffler.


On Aug 3, 2006, at 7:01 PM, astrid wrote:

>> I've even heard some Argentinian tango teachers admit (when they  
>> went on
>> teaching tours in North America or Europe) that some of the  
>> foreigners
>> actually dance better than some of the locals and they had never  
>> been to
>> Buenos Aires.
>>
> Now that Argentine would have an outstanding amount of nerve,  
> honesty and
> self confidence (compared to the rest). I would like to meet him.  
> The usual
> policy is: if you are Argentine, you can dance after two lessons,  
> you are a
> worthy partner of all the visiting teachers, and you get to  
> translate in
> classes, even if you don't know what you are talking about.
> If you are not Argentine, you have to either be very pretty and  
> half nude,
> or you have to have danced for at least 7 years before they are  
> ready to
> acknowledge you to be anywhere near their prowess.
> I have only heard someone as dignified and as experienced at tango  
> as Nito
> Garcia say:"I learn from my students."
>
> Astrid