[Tango-L] Movie "Black Swan"

[Gordon Erlebacher]

Those seven figures often derive from walking, walking, and walking 
again, working on balance, axis, posture, etc., at the expense of 
figures. Then they have their 7 figures, each with 5 variations. This is 
for social dancing of course. At least that is what I have observed from 
the old guard.
On the other hand, these people from Buenos Aires do not go to 
workshops, and many do not go to lessons. If that happened hear, tango 
would die.

    Gordon
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> I will never write that technique isn't important. But shouldn't a dancer reach a point where technique is sufficient and now can concentrate more on the music and partner? I discovered on my Buenos Aires odyssey last year that the Argentines (not Argentineans) know about seven figures and concentrate on connection, which is their reason to dance. The figures are only a means to that end. Do North Americans concentrate so much on technique and figures, trying to be perfect, that they are unable to unleash their inner person?
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> Michael
> I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines
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