[Tango-L] Why is it so hard to walk?

[Steve Littler]

Yes, I'd agree with that. Elegant walking IS hard, especially in the 
beginning - until it finally becomes easy. After my first year of Tango 
I realized I still couldn't walk well and then took many privates and 
workshops to improve my walk. Regular group classes are not enough. And 
you have to practice a lot at home and you have to go to practica with a 
partner and just walk for many kilometers.

Some adults have little or no cross-body-motion when they walk, even 
just walking on the street. One friend of mine who is a professor of 
dance at the University remarked that some of our poorer dancers seemed 
to have missing stages of development in their walk. As if they never 
crawled properly before learning to walk.

El Stevito de Gainesvile

On 6/16/11 5:37 PM, lenl wrote:
>    As a 12 year follower who struggled with tango in general, my guess is
> that most men especially those who never danced anything are not
> coordinated for graceful moves and almost "muscle" the lead. men tend o
> be less graceful in general. I could be wrong but thats my 2 cents worth....