[Tango-L] ....who am I going to learn from? ..and when??

[Tango For Her]

--- On Sat, 7/12/08, Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Tango-L] ....who am I going to learn from? ..and when??
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 8:01 PM
> OK, this is my last post for the week ..number 4 or 5 ..but
> I'm keeping within the rules
>   and to thank Huck for his enlightening post, I will not
> whine nor complain...
>   I am about to complete 10 months of sufferingly trying to
> learn to dance the Slooo Tango.
>   and it's time for a report.  I danced with a male
> follwer this week (repugnant because I 
>   am dancing Tango to 'feel like a man') and he
> said to me "please, lower and don't move
>   your shoulders because I'm trying to feel the step
> and the rest interferes") ..just like a 
>   follower...throws tea on the fire...anyway, it seemed
> like good advice but now I find that 
>   when I control my shoulders, I deaden my dance... what do
> you advise?
>    I live in Phila. and am lucky to have some darn good
> instructors..I almost did the dreaded
>   change of life of prefering classes to
> Milongas...(Chris)..but I'm still going to both.
>    I notice that it's not the best dancer that I learn
> from by watching..but rather the one of
>   my similar body type who dances THE pattern that I'm
> ready to assimulate..learn..and
>   he dances it slow and sloppy enough for me to see it in
> all it's glory..what do you think?
>    Anyway, I could do a few more posts on this subject but
> I ran out of posts this week..
>   see you next week.  sincerely,  Flaco Mario
> 
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