[Tango-L] a teaching moment

[jackie ling wong]

good point but no..  taking the glasses off solved the problem...
jackie


On Jun 4, 2006, at 12:28 PM, mallpasso at aol.com wrote:


Hmm... did/does she also dance ballroom?  They also arch their backs.

El Bandido de Tango



-----Original Message-----
From: jackie ling wong <jackie.wong at adelphia.net>
To: tango-l at mit.edu
Sent: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 12:07:49 -0400
Subject: [Tango-L] a teaching moment

okay... i would like to start a thread of teaching moments...  when    
the light bulb goes off... innovative thoughts that can help  
teachers   help their students for example we have a student in her  
60s who was leaning back in the upper body   which caused her to arch  
her back.   as a consequence she couldn't   walk backwards properly... 
(arched back results in a shorter step   back)  then i realized that  
she was wearing bifocals... so she was   tilting her head back so she  
could focus... the solution was   simple... she chose to take her  
glasses off when dancing. i think the same applies for the bifocal  
contact lenses....then   closing the eyes would probably be better.  
more to come...but i would love to hear about your teaching ahas!  
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