[Tango-L] Three cheers for the tango inquisition

[Chris, UK]

Well said, Jay. There's no such thing as women's technique. All the technique of the woman is the man's too.

"Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com> wrote
> Either you have no clue about what goes on in women's 
> technique workshops Chris, or you live in a tango backwater
> where teaching methodology hasn't changed in over a decade.

Correct. I live in a tango backwater deep in provincial England.

I learned (and dance) elsewhere. The women's workshops referred to are those such as I (a guy who learned as a woman) took from big-name step peddlers* that I'm sure you've heard of.

Chris

PS For avoidance of doubt, this category does not include the aforementioned Gavito!








On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:12:53 +0000, "Jay Rabe" <jayrabe at hotmail.com> said:
> As a recent thread attested, what was true in the early days of tango in
> BsAs, and is still true today, is that lots of men tango dancers are
> learning to follow, ie. learning "women's" technique. A recent segment of
> Alex Krebs' weekly men's practica here in Portland was focused completely
> on women's technique. 
>  
> In addition, many men on this list are teachers, which includes teaching
> women. 
>  
> Regardless that most men's experience base in "follower's" technique is
> much less extensive than that of most women, I think it's entirely
> appropriate for men to discuss women's technique and the problems of
> learning same. 
>  
> That said, I agree it's better when we come off as less than absolute
> experts ...
>  
>          J
>       TangoMoments.com
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:09:43 -0700> From: patangos at yahoo.com> To: tango-l at mit.edu> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Three cheers for the tango inquisition> > I always find it amusing when men argue about women's> technique and the problems they have as they learn. > Comments from the ladies?> > Trini de Pittsburgh> > > --- Andreas Wichter <andreas at tangokombinat.de> wrote:> > > Hello Sean,> > > > you wrote:> > > > >>For the followers, in the unlikely event that you find> > yourselves in a technique workshop and the teacher tells> > you to practice ochos with a wall, walk out and demend> > your> > money back. You are being cheated. Then post the name of> > the teacher on the list, so the rest of us can avoid> > him.<<> > > > Carlos Gavito.> > Can I be on the list, too?> > > > Thank you,> > Andreas> > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos 
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