[Tango-L] leading w/fingers on back II - The soap opera continues.

[Sergio Vandekier]

We should understand then that each tango style has a different teaching 
technique because it has a different technique all together.

Most famous tango instructors of Salon style open and close embrace, teach 
as described by me in my last note.  They instruct in the use of arms, 
hands, fingers, chest, torso, body, legs, thighs and calves. (Nito, Zotto, 
Carlos Copello, Mingo Pugliese, Diego , etc, and all the instructors of 
Nuevo).

The only ones that instruct in leading with the chest only are the 
instructors of 'Close embrace all the time'  ( Susana Miller, etc.).

Those of us that had as sequencial instruction : Salon open, close, 
milonguero, nuevo, canyengue . learned all the possible leads and use them 
in our dancing and in our teaching.

Those that only learned 'Close embrace all the time'  know how to lead with 
the chest only, and this is enough for the style they do.

Example: We lead a boleo in Salon open with the hand at the back and the 
chest, in close embrace salon or milonguero just with the chest, in nuevo 
with the chest by doing countemotion.

Most elements differ in  technique and in lead.

In this group there are people that are intelligent and know by now, that 
there are other ways to dance and to lead than their own.

Then we have the  likes of Michael Figart II that not only are ignorant but 
are ignorant of their own ignorance as well, and refuse to recognize that 
there is more than one way in which you can cook an omelet.

I recently had some private e-mail exchange with Michael.  He wished to 
argue the subject of what we should consider 'Social Tango'.   I patiently 
explained again to him that any style of tango done socially following the 
milonga codes is 'social tango' and any style done on stage or during an 
exhibition is 'stage tango'.  So you frequently see people doing close 
embrace all the time in exhibitions and you can see tango fantasia done 
socially.

I advised him to avoid problems in the future and just say : "I dance close 
embrace all the time and I do things this way" period, and refrain to 
criticize other styles or even to compare in a negative way,   to avoid 
problems.

Guess what ? ten minutes later he posts my note on leading with fingers 
calling this form of leading "tacky".  In his ignorance he believed that all 
the tango dancers were going to agree with him but by now there are very few 
left like him and we all know where they are coming from.

As I said before this is the ignorant, ignorant of his own ignorance and 
totally blind and unable to understand.  the blind leading the blind.

So be it!  Derik I understand your frustration now.

Best regards, Sergio.

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