[Tango-L] tweaking lower back

[Keith]

Carol,

Wow, sounds like you have serious problems there. I know there are 
many ways of teaching Tango so, usually, I don't pontificate too much :-). 
But good posture is so fundamental to good Tango that every teacher 
should teach it from day one and every day thereafter. And it can be 
difficult because most young people nowadays have spent half their lives 
hunched over a computer and the other half slouched in front of the TV set. 

Often I start of by telling the guys that Tango is a manly dance and we 
stand like men - tall, straight and proud. I then demonstrate the wrong 
way - the slouch, before straightening up, with chest out. This gets 
things off to a light-hearted start and the girls love it. Usually they all 
agree that their boyfriends have horrible posture. So now the teacher 
has the girls on his side :-). 

But, I agree with you - the teacher must constantly remind and correct
the guys' posture and it can take a long time.

Keith, HK


 On Fri Mar 14  0:33 , Carol Shepherd  sent:

>The majority of men I dance with are sitting back on their heels with 
>their pelvis tucked under.  They learn the correct posture and then five 
>minutes later they go back to what I call 'midwestern couch slouch.'