[Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if you don't like tango?

[AJ Azure]

I don't deny the reality but, I also know when a reality is one that is at
least in part self imposed. Rather than looking at a situation and working
towards getting outside the box it's much easier even lazier to just throw
your hands up and say "that's' just the reality of it, no point in trying
otherwise".
Just imagine all the things in the world that would have been crushed out of
existence if that thought process been followed.

_A

> From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 21:34:13 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Tango-L <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Why are you dancing tango if you don't like tango?
> 
> Quick recap.  Ron mentioned some ways of educating people on listening to
> traditional music.  AJ wondered why Ron didn't include live music as a way of
> teaching musicality.  I responded, giving specific points.  I still stand by
> my statements.  In short,
> 
> - it's not feasible for most communities to work with live tango musicians,
> - good tango musicians that cater to dancers as opposed to concert-goers are a
> relative rarity.
> - with tango groups being a rare commodity, dancers are still going to dance
> to anything, even if it's bad music, just to be supportive.  And if one dances
> to bad music,... well...that's just likely to to slow down the learning
> process.
> 
> AJ, you asked why live music isn't mentioned more often.  There's your answer.
> Sorry if you choose to deny reality for many tango communities.
> 
> An accompaniest can be quite useful for teaching musicality in classes.  For
> every one teacher on the circuit that also uses live music as a teaching aid,
> I can name 20 teachers that do not.  For many communities, it's not a viable
> option.
> 
> Some of the musicians that I've worked with that are good and have had a
> pretty good understanding of music for dancing are also busy with other
> projects because they are talented. I don't blame them for following the
> money. 
> 
> Trini de Pittsburgh
>  
> 
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