[Tango-L] Not dancing with the music

[Steve Littler]

On 5/19/15 5:56 PM, Steve Littler wrote:
> It is a problem in all communities because most classes teach steps
> choreography and take a long time to master. But our most popular
> classes are musicality because it raises the level of the dancers so
> quickly.
>
> El Stevito de Gainesville
But I should also like to add in defense of men in general, most women 
at the milonga don't really even walk very well or have a good 
connection, consequently they don't receive or respond to the signal 
when men do/try to dance musically.

So when you see a couple that looks nice dancing with the music, it's 
BOTH of them together making it happen.

So another question would be: why don't more women learn to walk or 
connect better?

(My answer is that it is hard to learn, takes a lot of time and self 
practice, requires lots of expensive private lessons with a good teacher 
and detailed feedback and corrections, and lots of time practicing at 
real pracitcas with good leaders giving lots of insightful feedback. 
What get's in the way of this: lack of time, money and bad feedback from 
leaders who think they know a lot but don't really or who are arrogant 
and insulting or give poor feedback. So when you see a woman who dances 
very well, it is the exception rather than the rule. And the same can be 
said for the men. Which begs another question: how to lessen the time 
and expense on the road to becoming a good dancer?)

El Stevito de Gainesville