[Tango-L] Tango Teaching

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

Chris, you amuse me.  

Trini de Pittsburgh

--- "Chris, UK" <tl2 at chrisjj.com> wrote:

> Trinidad Regaspi <patangos at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > qualitative information (such as what Sean has gathered
> for
> > well over 6 years) is often reliable enough to suggest
> > findings with a reasonable degree of confidence.
> 
> And the greater the suggestibility, the greater the
> confidence.
> 
> > I'm not sure where you're getting 20 classes and 1
> milonga.
> 
> As I said: your current Pittsburgh tango society agenda.
> 
> > That aside, Chris, I've never been able to figure out
> why
> > it matters to you how people choose to spend their
> time,
> > whether in milonga or in a class?
> 
> 20 classes vs 1 milonga is not what I'd call much of a
> choice for dancers. 
> However clearly that's the preferred choice of the
> organisers. I guess if 
> your aim is teaching people to take more classes (rather
> than to really 
> dance), then your teaching is a great success.
> 
> > Doesn't it all just mean that tango is being shared and
> enjoyed? 
> > Isn't that the point?
> 
> It depends on what you think tango is. For me, it it what
> happens in a 
> milonga, including the girls, DJ, live music, sitting and
> chatting with 
> friends, listening, watching, drinking... and my choice
> of when, what and 
> with whom to dance. Remove all that and replace it with a
> teacher and 
> his/her latest step or technique theory, and no, what you
> have is not 
> tango. It is merely Tango Studies.
> 
> --
> Chris
> 





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