[Tango-L] The dreaded back step

[Tom Stermitz]

On Jan 7, 2010, at 6:04 AM, www.tango-argentino.info wrote:

> Hello dear tango dancers,
> I'm one of the teachers who teach his dancers the back step. Also in
> my videos courses I always dance the back step.
> ...
> I learned the back step of all my meastros: Pepito Avellaneda,
> Antonio Todaro, Rodolfo Dinzel, Lampazo, Copes, Eduardo, etc etc
> I think one of the most important things is that we dancers can't
> take the back step out of our dance. That would be terrible, when we
> are walking (caminar) we have 3 possibilities: for-, side-, backward.
> ...
> Ricardo "El holandés"


Which of the listed teachers are primarily social dancers and which  
are stage dancers?


Tom Stermitz
http://www.tango.org
Denver, CO 80207