[Tango-L] Marketing or hype?

[Astrid]

This would all be very well if this is how tango selling worked. But the 
reality is that a teacher in a studio will tell all his students, most of 
them beginner or intermediate level:"I have this teacher from BA coming over 
for a tango week, and he/she is really famous and one of the best tango 
dancers in the world. Now, for a mere 30000 Yen/ 300 dollars/200 Euros or 
whatever, you can be part of this very special experience and take a series 
of lessons with him/her..."
At least the beginners will often buy this, no matter who is actually 
coming.
So, words do matter, Nina, calling this fraud in some cases is not 
completely unjustified, it is very different from flattering a woman you 
want to seduce by telling her, she is the best, most beautiful etc. .

> There is a very basic thing about tango teaching and learning - if
> you look at a dancer who is also a teacher and you want to dance like
> him or her, then by all means take the lessons with that
> teacher.  But if you look at that teacher and do not want to dance
> like him or her, then does it really matter whether this dancer is
> the last deity of tango?
> The question is who controls the student - other people of his/her
> internal drive?   It is a journey,
> and the words don't matter.
>
> Nina