[Tango-L] Learning tango as foreigner

[Michael Figart II]

And also Alberto, did you find out who appointed this
teacher? Or was he one of those accursed
self-appointed guys? He must have been self-appointed,
since he didn't check to make sure you actually knew
any of the Congolese language. After all, everybody
knows that you can't sing Congolese without knowing
any Congolese! ;-)

Michael

--- Yale Tango Club <yaletangoclub at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Alberto
>   But... was the teacher a real Congolese? That is
> the question!
>   If he was Argentine that would be very bad because
> then maybe you were singing, but it certainly
> couldn't have been real authentic Congolese singing.
>   In that case you should have all stopped doing
> what you were doing right there! Better no singing
> at all than fake Congolese singing.
>   Tine
>    
>   
> 
> Alberto Gesualdi <clambat2001 at yahoo.com.ar> wrote:
>   Dear friends from tango list
> I would like to make an aditional comment to this
> subject, since I have an interesting experience
> related with learning another thing , that in some
> way is related to tango.
> This past saturday we went with my wife, here in
> Buenos Aires, to a "voice" workshop . This was the
> first time ever , I assist to such a workshop, and
> we were explained that we would use our voice in a
> simple way , to make sounds and later on the
> workshop, songs with armonies and contrapunto.
> Well, we started making some preparation of the
> position of the body ( very similar to the tango
> attitude as dancer , even as amateur tango learning)
> 
> Then we made some exercises with voices. And then
> ... we sing a congolese song .......
> 
> There are many things in my life , that I am not
> sure about. But one thing I am almost sure, is that
> I am not congolese. I do not know a single word, I
> do not met people, do not visit the country , and so
> on.
> 
> The teacher could have told us" now you will have to
> take care of the vowels, since the congolese as
> spoken in Congo today , is different to the old
> styles , there are many communities there, and each
> one speak differently. Also the communities of
> congolese abroad say they speak the real congolese,
> and the ones living in Congo today say they are the
> only that speak real congolese, that the communities
> abroad can not speak " 
> 
> Does it rings you any tango bell in some part ?? NO
> ??:))
> 
> Well, the teacher does not say a word, she just put
> up in a circle and we started , and , believe or
> not, we were singing ..... and it sounds good , just
> our voices ( 13 women and 2 men, another coincidence
> with tango lessons :)
> 
> It was a good experience and keep me thinking that
> sometimes this tango stuff , or how to learn ......
> is a bit more sophisticated than the real thing . Of
> course , a good teacher is needed , and this is the
> weak point of my argument , I am not sure all tango
> teachers here in Buenos Aires and abroad , would be
> able to make their students move .
> 
> But I do think it would be good from a student that
> is starting the first tango lesson, to place aside
> any prejudices.
> 
> I can talk, I was able to sing a congolese song 
> 
> You can walk ?? You can dance tango :):)
> 
> 
> warm regards
> alberto 
> 
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