[Tango-L] CITA begins in BsAs

[Chris, UK]

Manuel wrote

> There are also those who have been *taught* by the resident self styled
> *teacher* who grabs every new women who shows up at a milongas

Well, it could be worse. Those women could have arrived in time for his 
class beforehand. ;)

> Taking tango lessons from a qualified teacher

Does the USA have tango teacher qualifications, then?

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Chris









-------- Original Message --------

*Subject:* Re: [Tango-L] CITA begins in BsAs
*From:* "WHITE 95 R" <white95r at hotmail.com>
*To:* donnay at donnay.net, Tango-L at mit.edu
*Date:* Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:03:33 -0500

I agree that women do not need to memorize steps or anticipate the guy's 
lead. However, the idea that women do not need to be taught to dance tango 
is not so certain. Sure, there are those rare women who are either 
naturally 
talented or very skilled dancers already who can follow basic tango leads 
very well. However, that's not at all the case with the vast majority of 
women. They are like the men, they cannot intuitively learn to dance tango 
(following) any more than guys can intuitively learn to lead.
I'm very familiar with women who go to milongas only and never take 
lessons. 
Maybe they took a few lessons at the beginning, but decided they already 
knew how to dance and stopped learning. There are also those who have been 
*taught* by the resident self styled *teacher* who grabs every new women 
who 
shows up at a milongas and *teaches* her on the spot. I have news for these 
ladies: they really don't know how to follow very well and it can be a 
chore 
to dance with them. There is a huge difference in the experience of dancing 
with one of these ladies and a truly skilled woman dancer. It's like night 
and day...
Taking tango lessons from a qualified teacher is *not* a bad thing. On the 
contrary, it is a very good way to learn to dance. Particularly for the 
women who want to learn to dance the follower's part. Also, if you find 
that 
you're not learning very much from your current male dance teacher, please 
try another one. Taking private lessons from a good male teacher will 
definitely improve immensely the following ability and dance skill of most 
women.

Cheers,

Manuel



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