[Tango-L] Apology

[Dubravko Kakarigi]

Mario:
 
Yes, indeed. Your post was a real shocker. But, why would you stop posting? I personally welcome your probing questions, your enthusiasm, and yes, you naivete at times. Just leave out the foul language and we are okay.
 
There is another point to be made about Astrid's observation, however. Not only is it that the feet are not "the only thing happening," but they are indeed happening (in social dancing) only to facilitate something else, which is the bodies which dance and move about - it is not the other way around. Consequently by focusing on the footwork, one who is not experienced can easily miss the whole dance.
 
When I teach and demonstrate something, either with a group or individually, I insist on folks paying attention to my torso (including my embrace) and my hipwork (is there such a word? like footwork?) and only secondarily to my legs and feet
 
...dubravko ===================================
seek, appreciate, and create beauty
this life is not a rehearsal
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----- Original Message ----
From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
To: tango-l at mit.edu
Sent: Friday, April 4, 2008 10:51:47 AM
Subject: [Tango-L] Apology

Yes, Astrid's post reads differently this morning. What she is saying about
  the feet not being the only thing happening makes a lot of sense.
  And I wish that she hadn't kept introducing my name as an example of a dummie.
  It just was the wrong thing for me to be reading at that moment and I went
  ballistic.  
  So, my apologies to the list and to Astrid.
  I won't be posting as I did in the past but I will check in from time to time. thanks 

      
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