[Tango-L] Teaching the 8CB

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Tango Teachers are a strange lot. One thing they  all have in common is a 
lack of certification, wait a minute …. They don’t need  any certification. 
Lets see I’ve had six group classes with a local teacher I  feel like I 
dance pretty good I think I’ll have some business cards printed up  with a slick 
picture of me in tango attire and start teaching.
I’ve witnessed  this time and again and it really ticks me off and it’s 
not only the beginners  who profess to be teachers but it’s also those who 
claim to be experienced who  have traveled to or originated from BsAs and 
studied under many of the great  dancers.
I’ve traveled to BsAs many times and studied with the great Roberto  
Herrera. Wow that would look good on my resume but the truth is I had one group  
lesson with Roberto in 2002. Am I qualified to teach…No
Michael from  Washington DC wrote:
(Another problem is the woman's first step with the 8  count basic is 
forward. Beginner women are afraid to step forward because they  think they will 
step on the man's foot.) 
All the more reason to teach her  the forward step Michael and what better 
way to teach the forward step then to  teach her the 8CB.
The woman will use the forward step throughout the dance  in different 
figures. In most cases the man will use the back step if not in a  figure simply 
as a defensive measure to protect his partner from getting stepped  on by 
the idiot in front of him that’s dancing against the line of  dance.
Teach the 8CB and then show the different possibilities of the  figure.
You can also help the dance community by not teaching boleo’s and  volcada’
s.
David.