[Tango-L] ENDEMIC PROBLEM

[joanneprochaska@aol.com]

Dear Anne,
It sounds like you have observed the same thing in Boston as Astrid has in Japan.  Interesting, eh?
I am still very interested in hearing your (and any other woman's) personal experience in tango growth, from your first tango experience to now.
I also observe what is happening in the tango community,  because along with my husband, Tim, I teach and promote tango in Cleveland.  However, I do not know the underlying reasons of what I observe unless I talk to people to see what their motives and frustrations really are.
So, please, all you ladies out there in L-List land, care to comment?
Maybe this will shed some light on what course of action individuals/teachers/promoters/organizers need to take to improve the situation.
Thanks for listening,
Joanne Pogros
Cleveland, Ohio
 
-----Original Message-----
From: ANNE ATHELING <atheling at verizon.net>
To: joanneprochaska at aol.com
Sent: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 09:33:01 -0400
Subject: RE: [Tango-L] ENDEMIC PROBLEM


Check out Astrid's response. As always, she is right "on target"...

Best wishes, Anne Atheling
Cop-founder, The Tango Society of Boston

-----Original Message-----
From: tango-l-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of
joanneprochaska at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:21 AM
To: stermitz at tango.org; tango-L at mit.edu
Subject: [Tango-L] ENDEMIC PROBLEM

So far, I am the only woman to reply on this thread.
Ladies...?
I am interested in hearing your personal experience, of why you have or have
not continued to study the tango (I differentiate "studying" and "dancing").
I am interested in hearing if you consider that you have/have not reached
your goal in dancing the tango, and why.
Maybe this is too personal a subject to be discussed on the list.  If so, I
understand.
Learning..... is there no end to it?
Joanne Pogros
Cleveland, Ohio
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Stermitz <stermitz at tango.org>
To: Tango-L at mit.edu
Sent: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:32:18 -0600
Subject: [Tango-L] (no subject)


ENDEMIC PROBLEM

I've recently noticed in several different venues, that the women  
have not been living up to the skill level of the men. There may be  
many explanations, but I think fundamentally, women learn quickly at  
first, but have a much more difficult path going from Intermediate to  
Advanced. Men learn slowly and steadily from the very beginning.


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