[Tango-L] CONCLUSION

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

--- ceverett at ceverett.com wrote:

> On the one hand, if you are living hours away from a 
> decent sized tango community, I'm totally sympathetic 
> to setting up shop as a teacher on a limited basis 
> once you reach a certain level.  Many people who are 
> organizing tango in their communities have to be a 
> as a teacher too.  But in a good sized community with 
> several highly experienced teachers around, you have 
> to have at least your fundamentals down before hanging 
> out your shingle.
> 
> I have no clue why some of these people are teaching.


I agree with you, Christopher.  I suspect those newbies
teaching have no idea of the work that goes into building a
sizable community from the ground up - work that many
others have put in before them (especially communities that
started before the internet).  So they see a ready-made
market that they have probably not contributed
significantly toward building.  This might cause some of
the "viscious comments" to which Sorin referred.  In
essence, they are taking their community "for granted".

It's different, of course, if someone is able to reach out
to a different market.  But even then, I'd expect them to
respect the work, time, and personal care so many others,
not just organizers/teachers but other members of the
community, have invested over the years.

I know that as my community grows and changes the struggles
of the early tango pioneers will be forgotten (when
milongas with 12-15 people were considered a success!). 
Future leaders should have an easier time of it than us
old-timers.  I just hope that those leaders don't take my
future community "for granted".

Trini de Pittsburgh





       
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