[Tango-L] stepping off the beat

[John E. Wroblewski]

First on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 the highest expert level, my musical
knowledge is perhaps at best 1. BUT I know one thing for sure.......you have
to dance to the beat....why does a normal heart beat around 50 to 99 times a
minute, why does the sun rise and set every 24 hours of beat, why does the
ebb and flow of tide "beat" predictable. The fact is, and it does not
matter, if you're an expert instructor, grew up in BA, visited BA, wrote
about Tango and BA or any other association you have with BA, Tango,
Argentina it's the syncopation of the music (which by the way, if you did
not know) is STRUCTURED. This means we DANCE TO THE BEAT.
 
When my daughter was 6 year old she took, violin lessons, Guest what she
learned.....PLAY BY THE BEAT, So let me ask all the "experts" out there,
those who are self proclaimed, and those who have earned their right full
place in the Tango community, because of your dedication, devotion, why
would you support anything other than DANCING TO THE BEAT.

It's the beat which unifies the musicality, syncopation, harmony,
equilibrium between the dancers and Tango music. It's the beat, music,
instrument and the totality of the tango experience, which for a few minutes
of time, creates the passion of the Tango... Do you think you  have passion
without the beat?,...never. Do you think you can have the sense of oneness
with your partner without the beat?..never 

Without  the beat, all that remains it noise, confusion, perplexity, so folk
let's get with it dance to the beat.