[Tango-L] Technical vs Sensual - Where are the Engineers from?

[Chris, UK]

Aron wrote:

> In Hungary a great percentage of male dancers (my guess is well
> above 50%) are engineers, IT people and alike. 

Then surely they need to be taught less tango engineering, not more.

This "do a 270 with your left foot pointing at 7 o'clock and your nose a 
quarter turn ahead" thinking is not the cure for the problem Caroline 
describes as turning people into programmed robots. It is the cause.

> The best teachers I know use a lot of mathematical and physical 
> concepts or models 

That could easily explain why well above 50% of your male dancers are 
engineers, IT people and alike - can anyone else understand the lessons?

Let alone benefit from them.

> everyone with an intermediate level of skill knows that it is first
> and primarily understanding of underlying mechanics...

Actually, no they don't. Just as everyone with an intermediate level of 
skill in walking down the street doesn't know it is 'first and primarily 
understanding mechanics'. It is first natural motion. If it wasn't, 
no-one would be able to take his/her first step.

Or to dance tango. As Jeff's Brother Reginald might have said ;) 
"If almost any ***** in Bs As could dance tango, how difficult can it be?"

Chris