[Tango-L] Flaming women at classes

[Chris, UK]

Ron wrote:

> Like walking backwards in heels while feeling a force coming towards her
> chest, to which she is supposed to respond by keeping her chest at 
> location and transfer that energy to her legs?

Taught like that, yes - hard. But that's not the way good followers do it.

> And, oh yes, to not anticipate leads, too.

That too is iatrogenic. The only girls I've met who anticipate are victims 
of the DIC* classes - she's following not her guy but the programming of a 
now-absent instructor who taught her the 'correct' girl step to accompany 
each guy step.

> the first few hours of tango are more difficult for women than men.

Only in the perverted world of the DIC classes. In the real world, the 
woman has it easier from the very first moment. Because the dance is made 
as something to be given to her by the guy.

> A man dances the tango for the woman.
> A man who dances with himself should be sitting a lot.

On that we agree - 100%.

--
Chris

* "Demonstrate -> Instruct -> Correct"











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

*Subject:* Re: [Tango-L] Flaming women at classes
*From:* "Tango Society of Central Illinois" <tango.society at gmail.com>
*To:* tl2 at chrisjj.com
*CC:* tango-l at mit.edu
*Date:* Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:53:06 -0500

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:15 +0100 (BST), Chris, UK <tl2 at chrisjj.com> wrote:

>
> The idea that it's due to her faster progress is an illusion created by
> the class teaching model. The real cause is that the woman is much further
> along the path before even the first lesson. That's because this dance is
> made to use what she's already got.



Like walking backwards in heels while feeling a force coming towards her
chest, to which she is supposed to respond by keeping her chest at location
and transfer that energy to her legs? And, oh yes, to not anticipate leads,
too.

In my opinion and experience, the first few hours of tango are more
difficult for women than men. Men only need to walk forward and exert energy
from their chest. They decide when to move and in what direction.

The balance appears to change somewhere in the first 10 hours of dancing, as
more movement options are taught to men. The men who are more cerebral start
to suffer at this point. ("How am I going to remember all of these STEPS?")
The men who enjoy and connect to the music and are satisfied with a simple
repertoire do much better.

Ron
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