[Tango-L] A True tango - Copes

[Victor Bennetts]

I don't have anything bad to say about Copes as a father of the modern tango, just teachers (and there are plenty of them) who still use his eight step basic to teach. Typically they don't tell students anything about connection, navigation or embrace, even though in many cases they know better, they just keep moving into more complex sequences in subsequent lessons. In many cases they also do not correct basic errors such as poor posture. Even if these things are mentioned they are soon forgotten as they are irrelevant to the learning process that is going on in lessons structured in this way. When you dance with someone from one of these teachers you think - wow - how can someone know so many steps and not be able to lead/follow a single one? Today there are better ways to teach tango and I would definitely call that progress.

Victor Bennetts

>So, I suppose on that basis, we can say Jesse Owens wasn't really that good because >nowadays he wouldn't even qualify for
>the Olympics, let alone win 4 gold medals. No need to be too deferential? How soon >people forget.

>Keith, HK


> On Sun Jan 20  9:35 , Victor Bennetts  sent:

>>Yes, Copes is a legend of the dance, but things have moved on a lot from his day both >>in terms of teaching and performance. I think (without mentioning Copes specifically) >>that was Naveira's main point in his article previously linked by Janis. Tango today >>is stronger than it has ever been and there is no need to be too deferential to the >>past.
>
>>Victor Bennetts
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