[Tango-L] What's going on here?

[Barbara Garvey]

What I saw was a somewhat typical milonga scene in a small new-ish 
community. Line of dance is pretty well observed, no clashes. It looked 
like everyone had studied only with the same teacher, and had learned 
"steps".That doesn't mean that the teacher taught only steps, he or she 
could be teaching tango and the students only paid attention to what 
they were looking for, e.g. steps.  The dancing lacks emotion and 
musicality, perhaps because the music is not tango. The general skill 
level isn't bad, and with more experience and the introduction of a 
variety of teachers and approaches, plus good music these folks will 
probably do very nicely.

Is my attitude snobbish? probably :-)

Barbara in Puerto Vallarta

Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:

>Chill, Jack.  I don't think Mario expressed anything too differently than what others have said in the past/present about such videos.  It's good that he is questioning.  Much better than the dogma that so many people espouse.  
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>Others have presented thoughts that I have, so I'll just add one.  If a beginner who has learned the 8CB goes to a milonga and does his one step over and over again regardless of what the music says, are you willing to tell him "that's not tango"?  In the video, I simply saw less experienced dancers doing their version of tango.  Learning tango comes in phases.  Some of these people are still in the "step" phase and haven't learned yet to really hear the music.  That would have been me about 7 years ago.  Something tells me that the people in the video will one day get past that phase, just like I did.  But insulting people isn't the way to do it.  Educating them is.
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>--- On Sat, 11/8/08, Jack Dylan <jackdylan007 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>From: Jack Dylan <jackdylan007 at yahoo.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Tango-L] What's going on here?
>>To: tango-l at mit.edu
>>Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 10:42 AM
>>What's the big deal here and why even post this
>>question?
>>It's just a group of people enjoying their Tango; no
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>>no less. OK, they're not experts, but so what?
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>>Mario, I've noticed this tendency in you before. You
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>>all the signs of becoming a first-class Tango snob.
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>>>From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
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>>>A recent Milonga video from Germany
>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNWC76wPGOo
>>>what's going on here?..
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