[Tango-L] la dulce vita

[Jake Spatz (TangoDC.com)]

Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
> And at some level those cultural values still influence our tango 
> dancers.
>   
The ones who brag about preferring Zegna, anyway.
> In a culture that values surplus quantity, teachers must
> work very hard to inspire their students to strive for
> quality. On the other hand, teachers who are out to sell a
> step a week can make an easy profit in the short run, at
> the cost of destroying our dance environment.
>   
Besides being facile as "cultural analysis," the isn't remotely true of 
tango teachers. I've seen purveyors of "quality" who are pure crap, and 
step-centric teachers who get dancers striving for real quality simply 
by moving with it themselves. Don't assume that everyone buys the 
advertising, especially in this country.
> Budwiser beer and Armani suits are both world class products.
Huddling these two under the same umbrella makes "world class" rather a 
meaningless term now, doesn't it?
> But I'm not ready to abandon Guiness or Zegna. I
> suppose I am one of those rare people who prefer quality
> over brand names.
>   
Last time I checked, Guinness and Zegna were brand names.

Jake
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