[Tango-L] rotation of dance partners

[Sandhill Crane]

--- On Sat, 9/25/10, Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net> wrote:

> I'm lost. Why would advanced dancers
> and beginners be in the SAME workshop? 

To help the beginners move along more quickly, of course.

It helps the more experienced dancers as well.
You have to figure out how to deal with somebody
who hasn't been to all the same workshops as yourself.

I suppose tango instructors are pushed by
market forces to emphasize fancy moves. You know, the
stuff that you can only do if your partner went to the
same workshop. Emphasizing fundamentals would raise the
quality of dancing for everyone, but at present it
would probably be bad for business. To change this
situation requires a consensus that fundamentals are
more important than fancy steps. If anything the
general atmosphere of tango has evolved in the opposite
direction in the last decade. I wonder when the
pendulum might swing in the other direction.