[Tango-L] basics

[sherpal1@aol.com]

Well, as it happens, I was lucky enough to be taking
classes when there were traveling teachers in both
milonguero and tango nuevo styles, and I'm pretty sure
I learned important things from both. My preference is a
close embrace, inward-focus style, but what I got from tango
nuevo teachers was a better understanding of the context
of the elements that I've come to consider my own.
I've chosen a certain embrace, a certain walk, certain
steps, and tango nuevo has made me conscious how I could
have chosen differently

well you must be a very experienced dancer to be able to compartmentalize and distinguish the differences between the two dance styles and integrate them properly in your dance style...I believe this is possible, but only for the exceptional or well=trained dancer..not for the off the street tango student....with enough dance training anything is possible, but I speak for the average-I-want-to-learn-tango student..who needs to be tracked initially into one form or the other..so as to arrive at some form of proficiency rather than some form of frustration.....sherrie