[Tango-L] Report from Buenos Aires #5‏

[larrynla@juno.com]

ARGENTINE DANCERS HAVING NAVIGATION PROBLEMS  Of course they have them. 
Argentines are people too. They make mistakes, come in all levels of 
skill, and so on. It's idiotic to go to BsAs and expect perfection.

LEVELS OF SKILL IN ARGENTINA  The average level of skill in Argentina 
is lower than in the rest of the world. Tango is a truly popular dance 
there once more. Consider that there are 116 milongas per week within 
the 10-mile diameter of BsAs the city (as opposed to the much larger 
Gran Buenos Aires). That means perhaps 10,000 dancers in that small 
area, and the number might be several times that.

This means lots of beginners or casual dancers who go to their local 
milonga just to be with friends and have fun, maybe meet somebody, not 
to have some grandly profound religious experience.

It also includes many long-time dancers, milongueros and milongueras, 
who've been going to milongas for decades who are more interested in 
the music or social get-togethers than in becoming very proficient. 
Experience does not equal skill.

DECREASING LEVEL OF SKILL  That might be true. It goes along with 
increasing levels of popularity, in BsAs or in the rest of the world. 
Which means that it's all the more important for teachers and friends 
to let newbies know how important are the basics of dancing: line of 
dance, compact figures, simple figures, feeling the music, appreciating 
the embrace.

Larry de Los Angeles
http://ShapechangerTales.com



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