[Tango-L] Leaving for BsAs tomorrow

[Lucia]

Brick Robbins <brick at fastpack.com> escribió:
  Is every Argentinian a fabulous Tangeuro/a by Birthright?
Are there no poor Argentine dancers?

The Tango Tourists [snip].. will even be better than the Porten~os who take only a casual interest in Tango.
  Sorry to disappoint you,  but Tango  dancing Argentines are truly  better, in general, than dancers  hailing from non-Tango dancing societies. To understand why, it is  worth re-reading the following words of wisdom from Sergio Vandekier.
  
  Thanks Sergio,
  
  Lucia
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Lucia says:  "Some people are born athletes. Some are not. Some are
 born
dancers, some are
not. These are natural traits, gifts, and one may not achieve the hoped
 for
resultats, regardless of the effort put in."

I can assure you that Lucia's view is shared by a great number of
Argentines.

When it comes to any artistic activity you are classified very early in
 life
as having aptitude and then you are  encouraged to study and perfect
yourself or not having it and then you are discouraged and guided to do
something else.

  People think that you are born with a genetical structure that will
 allow
you to exhibit certain skills but you may, on the other hand,
 congenitally
lack conditions to succeed in certain endeavors.

Accordingly and although education is free through graduate school.
 Many
people do not go to the University because they think that they lack
 the
necessary conditions.

People will say " He is very good for music" or " painting" or
 "dancing"
etc. or else they will say
"el no tiene oido para la musica" (he has no ear for music) , etc.

With respect to dancing if you are not graceful from the very beginning
 you
are classified as being "pata dura" (stiff legged). This classification
 is a
terrible handicap very difficult to overcome.
The frequent result is that you will never attempt to dance "because
 you are
convinced that you have no conditions".

In the States on the other hand it does not matter what natural ability
 you
have or you do not have, you are encouraged to continue and acquire the
maximum possible development within your possibilities.

Here however children are also classified into "gifted" and then they
 are
taught in a more accelerated form or "normal" or "handicapped" so that
 their
education is adjusted to their degree of intelligence.

Argentina has a tendency to mix children of different intelligence
 degree
because it is though that this mixture is a reflection of life in
 general
and prepares them better to live in society.
Especial education is provided for handicapped children.

The result of this mentality is that in the States you find a great
 number
of mediocre dancers on the floor.  Although they may not be graceful or
gifted they manage to socialize and have great fun dancing.

In Argentina the number of such people is more reduced because the ones
 that
were not "blessed" by nature do not dance. So they will have to have
 fun
doing something different.

I hope that this helps to understand, best regards, Sergio.
  


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