[Tango-L] "Maestros de cuarta" "the guy who's doing the teaching "

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Anton, you do raise an interesting question.  Years of learning salon 
tango, balance, control, axis, posture, embrace and a  hundred other little 
nuances will make a person look at other dancers with a  more critical eye than a 
person who has had six months of group classes or even  six years of group 
classes. There is no regulation and I’m not suggesting there  should be, but 
it’s unfortunate for those that spend hard earned money on  lessons from 
those who in my eyes aren’t qualified, but of course to others they  are 
perfectly happy. I don’t think there can ever be a solution to this problem  but 
it is fun to vent on a forum with others even if we have different  opinions.


In a message dated 1/11/2011 4:26:59 P.M. Pacific Standard  Time, 
anton at alidas.com.au writes:
Quote from a recent post: "Unfortunately  the  “Maestros de cuarta” are 
multiplying  faster then rabbits in  heat. Why do they "Think" they are 
automatically  qualified to "Teach  Tango" when they really aren't qualified?"

For me this raises an  interesting question. For a genre where it's 
participants vehemently resist the  concept of regulation, how does one determine 
the "really aren't qualified" from  those by interpolation, who are qualified?
To me, it seems a conundrum which  often appears on this  list.

Anton



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