[Tango-L] Learning from You Tube

[Jack Dylan]

Mario is right; there is much to be learned from watching the masters on 
YouTube. 

But, as others have said, only after learning the basics from a teacher and 
after 

becoming a competent dancer in the milongas. The fact is that there is sooo much 

to learn that it would be impossible to learn it all in classes and private 
lessons, 

no matter how hard you study or how many teachers you might have.

An example for me was the Ocho Cortado. Yes, I'd learned it and could dance 
it pretty well, with no problems. Then I saw a teaching video on YouTube. It 
showed other ways to dance this simple figure. For example, with different 
entries or in crossed feet or varying the rhythm or little things the man could 
do with his feet or repeating it. Sure, I could have learned all this, probably 
better, from a teacher but it never came up in classes or lessons. There are 
many other examples and, yes, maybe I would have learned these things for 
myself, on the dance floor. But how many years would that take?

But care is needed. I've seen more than one guy change from being a competent 
social dancer to become a complete idiot by trying to do stupid stuff that he'd 
seen 

on YouTube.

Just my 2 cents.

Jack


> From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
> 
> Now that I have been dancing for 3 1/2 years I can say with confidence that 
 >YES one can learn from Utube. Not without cualification however. >