[Tango-L] Mens group practice

[Carol Shepherd]

We have in past here in Ann Arbor had reverse classes in swing and lindy 
hop: all men take the class as follows and all women take the class as 
leads.  Since it is everyone in the class, there are no gender imbalance 
issues.  (Men in our community seem to be more highly motivated to learn 
to follow...women are less easily persuaded to give it a try.)

Jay Rabe wrote:
> We've had a weekly, men-only, drop-in group lesson here in Portland for some time, now hosted by Alex Krebs. It attracts complete beginners and advanced dancers alike. While we do work on leader technique, we mostly concentrate on follower's stuff, and everyone can attest, as many on the list have pointed out, that there are huge benefits to a leader from experiencing what it feels like to be led well vs. poorly. 
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> At Portland milongas it is common to see men partnering with men for a tanda. While men dancing with men has happened frequently for years, a major change happened when Daniel Trenner was here for a week last year and taught a well-attended men's class in following. Then during one of the milongas, he and Alex did a performance that was just amazing. It really cranked up a lot of interest and enthusiasm for the process. Shortly afterwards a local tanguero started up a weekly men-only practica, and a little later Alex took it over as a drop-in group lesson. It's been very successful.
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