[Tango-L] teachers aren't so important

[Michael]

If you have prior dance experience, and dance well, you might be able to 
pick up tango from group lessons. I don't understand how listening to music 
teaches a man how to lead nor how a woman learns back ochos without a 
teacher.

Women  have taught that we have difficulty with certain figures. They don't 
necessarily know what caused the problem. The flip side is I don't have the 
same problem with every woman with the same figure.

Bad teachers are optional. Good teachers are mandatory. The real question is 
what are the teachers teaching? If it's combinations and figures, their 
value is diminished. If they teach connection, listening to the partner and 
music, axis, frame, posture, and balance; their value is enhanced.

My teacher taught what I needed, not what I wanted. There's a big difference 
between the two, and not always obvious.

Michael
I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines
Going to New York Sunday

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandhill Crane" <grus.canadensis at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] teachers aren't so important


 Just a general comment here. Seems like we find ourselves talking about how 
important it is to find the right teacher,
etc etc. I'd like to just remind everybody that teachers aren't really so 
terribly important. They shouldn't be at
the center of anyone's tango universe. What's important is the music, and 
the dancers, or maybe the dancers, and the
music. Teachers are optional.
>
> I've learned a lot from many good teachers, but I've learned different, 
> more important things, from every woman I've ever danced with. My 
> heartfelt gratitude to all of you. 8^)