[Tango-L] The best dancers are the ones who dance the most

[RonTango]

----- Original Message ----
> From: Charles Roques <c.roques at mchsi.com>
> To: "Tango-L at mit.edu List" <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 1:21:06 PM
> Subject: [Tango-L] youtube tango

> ...  The best dancers, at least in terms of  technical facility, are usually 
>the ones who dance the most.  That is a  basic truism of all  dances.



One needs to be careful about one's choice of word's in this world of instant 
sound bites. This quote might even start a thread. 

There may be a positive correlation between how long one has danced tango and 
the technical ability of the dancer. Perhaps this is only a slight positive 
correlation (maybe accounting for < 10% of the variance in dance ability).

However, there are many dancers who have ingrained bad dancing skills over 10 
years and there are some novices who have a natural talent. 

Another truism to doubt: 'The best dancers are one who have taken the most 
classes.' although the contrapositive 'The ones who have taken the least classes 
are the worst dancers' is generally true.

Everyone have a nice day and find a nice place to dance.

Ron