[Tango-L] tango schizophrenia

[Keith]

Chris,

By ... "Great tango salon dancers", I assume you're referring to the old 
milongueros, who rarely give credit to any teacher and say they just learned 
by dancing. If that is true, I'm sure it's simply because great teachers 
were not available to them. All the younger great tango salon dancers always 
give credit to their teachers.

I'm certain that by following his chosen method, Mash will end up as a far 
superior dancer than one who follows your proposed method of trying to learn 
Tango just by dancing. And he'll still end up with his own style, which, I 
agree, he will develop by just dancing his own dance.

Keith, HK


On Wed Jan  9 20:40 , "Chris, UK"  sent:

>Mash, I do wonder what could have lead you to this conclusion. Great tango 
>salon dancers do not learn by "disciplined copying of a master". They 
>acquire their own style through many years of dancing their own dance from 
>their particular feeling for the music.
>
>--
>Chris