[Tango-L] Basic

[Tom Stermitz]

Yes.

It is important to add the idea that you need to be good, DAMNED GOOD,  
with walking, ochos, giros/sacadas (Turns, not greek sandwiches!),  
music.

In fact, if you are really good at those things, cool moves and  
workshops are really easy. If you aren't really good with those  
things, then you are wasting a $30 "master workshop" and the teachers  
have to slow down the class and dumb down the material.

To be a little rude, if you think this doesn't apply to you, it  
probably does.

I also want to give a shout out to LOCAL TEACHERS. You get good at the  
basics through lots and lots of repetition, week after week, in group  
classes, practices and private lesson with someone better than you.

On Jul 7, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Keith Elshaw wrote:

> I pressed "send" by mistake!
>
> Walking, ochos, gyros. With the music.
>
> So many people learn all the fancy stuff on top of that they they  
> never
> learn the real basics.
>
> If the above three were all you knew and could do well, you could  
> dance
> all night with anybody in the world (except people who had been  
> "taught"
> how to "dance tango)."

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