[Tango-L] Do I have to invent every step of the dance, even her's ???

[Bruce Stephens]

Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> writes:

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>   the last class I took in December was billed as a class to learn;
>   floor navigation, musicality and connectivity....it cost me $100
>   and the teacher's idea of musicality was to call out the steps
>   during a song and everyone perform them basic 8, ocho cortado,
>   back ocho, etc etc... in open embrace... that was THE last class
>   I'll ever take from an open embrace teacher..

OK, so that class was an expensive disappointment.  So don't do that.

Instead, investigate local teachers who give private lessons (they may
not give classes at all, I guess).  Find out which milongas they go
to, and watch them dance.  Try and find current or former customers
and see how *they* dance.

Then buy a private lesson with a competent teacher (presuming you can
find one).  Quite likely that won't cost $100 (I'm guessing---maybe it
will in your area), but regardless it ought to be worth several $100
classes.

And it'll just be you, so you and the teacher will be much freer to
negotiate what you want to get out of the lesson and what's likely to
work.

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