[Tango-L] 10,000 instructors of tango on the wall

[Mario]

  Someone, wrote and asked me if I would forward any good advice for mantaining 
the interest of new leads in a Tango community....  I didn't get but very few 
replies to my 'Care and Feeding' post and they were all posted in the main 
thread.. but  there are some observations that I'd like to make...and perhaps 
others will join in with theirs.
 First, the main impetus, drive of a Tango community is usually supplied by 
sellers of classes....and by teachers. They love tango and want it to thrive and 
build community and make money to cover their expenses and more...some actually 
want to make enough to buy a second and third apartment in BsAs.
Well, then they also feel that they have to keep it interesting for the non 
Spanish understanding dancer who was raised in a culture much different than 
that of BsAs....so, they are faced with a Herculeian task.. and so, they begin 
to be an entertainment director too.....etc etc etc... I can't imagine all the 
challenges that they face and so teaching and caring for the simple, newbie male 
lead  and his simple requirements get lost in the often elite ranking and 
pecking order of the tango community ....  am I over stating this?  
maybe...there is a good job being done by many in many places...and there is 
also the confusing  efforts of all the rest....the so-called 'evolution' of 
Argentine Tango into many other forms of Tango and the alternative music 
replacing traditional Argentine Tango music as each Milonga gets later in the 
nite...blah blah blah..now I'm just gripping and complaining... oh well,, 
everyplace can't be BsAs, I guess... and what were we talking about?  Oh Yes, 
the constant flow of visiting teachers....ugh  ....  I recommend that the new 
male lead is protected from such encounters and that someone good with teaching 
the basics and the navigation of the milonga is pointed to as THE person to 
consult for the newbie and that the Milonga itself as THE place to 
dance.....time for another coffee.




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