[Tango-L] Getting students to dances

[astrid]

In Tokyo, the milonga and the classes are often in the same room. Often an
extra class without a fixed level right before a milonga starts. Another
extra class before the practica starts. Many of the students simply stay, go
to put on make up, change their clothes (cocktails dresses, fishnet
stockings etc. are often brought in a bag), the light gets switched off,
music plays, drinks are served, more people start arriving all evening, and
voila, here is the milonga. If they want to have a grand milonga with
hundreds of people, they do it somewhere else and put a show on the program.
Most students sooner or later join the milongas, only the hopeless cases
stay in the classes only forever, and maybe that's why they don't progress
as much.



I do that every Tuesday - found a nice caf$B!&(Bwith half-price bottles of
wine that will let us play tango. Only the regulars come, though!

>The only other thing I've thought of doing is to actually TAKE the
students
>out after class, similar to what a lot of tours to BsAs do.

     J
     www.TangoMoments.com


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Lois Donnay" <donnay at donnay.net>

So how does a teacher get her students to a milonga if they don't think
they're ready? I would love to see my students go out more often.
Towards
that I organize several events that are easy to attend for dancers and
non-dancers alike. We have great, friendly dancers in the community who
make
a point of dancing with beginners, a practice I encourage with rewards
like
free lessons or admission.  Still some beginners won't venture out -
"not
good enough yet" or "won't know anybody".

I would love to have the kind of influence that you seem to credit
teachers
with!
Lois Donnay
Minneapolis, MN


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