[Tango-L] Not dancing with the music

Ming Mar ming_mar at yahoo.com
Sat May 30 11:17:14 EDT 2015


People aren't dancing with the music even when the music is 
d'Arienzo, so I don't think the problem is difficult music.  
Do the men know that they are not dancing with the music?  
Do they even know they're supposed to?  It is impolite to 
criticize someone, so how are they ever going to know?

When leaders don't dance with the music, they move at odd 
unpredictable times.  This means that followers have to pay 
total attention to the leaders and ignore (not listen to) 
the music.  Students do what they've learned, meaning that 
the men have learned to dance ignoring the music.  Why 
aren't (more?) women complaining to the teachers?  Do the 
teachers dance with the music?

Felicity listed what she required:  stays in the line of 
dance, is safe, dances the music, isn't forceful, and has a 
nice embrace.  To the teachers on this list, are your men 
part of the 10% she would accept?




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