Re: [TANGO-L] narrow-minded religiosity?

[Clint Rauscher <clint @axialpartners.com>]

Thanks for your defense Manuel.

I may have come off a bit strong in my posting, but it was just an opinion.
I realize that many many people enjoy Miller's classes and proclaim to get a
lot out of them. Maybe I caught her on an off day, but I do feel that a
teacher with as much experience as she has should know how to organize a
class for everyone to get something out of it.

I think the main point I would like to make is this: If social dancing is
your primary goal, which it is in my case. Take classes with many teachers.
Take classes with teachers of many styles. Master all of them. Then remove
what you don't like. Don't dismiss something just because a teacher of one
style turns their nose up at it. Filter everything teachers tell you through
your own sense of what is "right and wrong for you".

The problem is that many people that dance Milonguero, don't seem to think
of it as A style but rather THE style. Miller clearly propogates this and
students believe her.

I just want to be clear... I don't dislike Miller... or think that she is a
bad teacher... I just don't like her ideas and attitudes.. I don't think
that they are positive for Tango. It is nothing personal.

You have to understand that the vast majority of students do not read
Tango-L, nor are they able to afford to go to BA. So they may spend years
paying for Milonguero lessons thinking that they are learning the ONLY
authentic style of tango.

Milonguero is a perfectly valid form of tango and I think if you were to
take only classes with Miller and her proteges.. from what I hear you will
be able to find plenty of people to dance with in BA.

But I would argue that if you learn proper Salon Open and Close technique,
you will be able to go ANYWHERE that Argentine Tango is danced and dance
with woman in the room. Again, because learning Salon Close embrace will
teach you all of the elements found in Milonguero. It is does not put limits
on what you can learn.

All the best,

Clint
clint  @tangoevolution.com
http://www.tangoevolution.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of Any Aspect of the Argentine Tango
> [mailto:TANGO-L  @MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of WHITE 95 R
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:48 PM
> To: TANGO-L  @MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [TANGO-L] narrow-minded religiosity?
>
>
> >From: Larry Richelli <dancekauai  @YAHOO.COM>
>
> >I must say, Clint, if you think that taking a lesson
> >with Susana is flushing money then I would hate to see
> >you dance, glad I don't have to see that!
> >
>
>
> Ease up on Clint. He's only relating his personal experience.
> I don't know
> what you would think of Clint's dancing but in my estimation
> he gets around
> the floor very well which is a lot more than I can say for a
> lot of very
> vocal contributors to this forum..... By the way, there is a group of
> dancers in Atlanta who dance in other than the so called
> milonguero style. I
> was at milonga not long ago and had the pleasant experience
> of dancing with
> all these folks and thoroughly enjoying it. They danced very
> nicely around
> the floor, maintaining the LOD and moving along with the
> music. Personally,
> I prefer to dance in a close embrace and in a more simple,
> rhythmic style.
> However, I prefer dancing with these folks who know how to
> respect the line
> of dance and the music (as well as the rest of the dancers)
> than to suffer
> agony behind some self-styled, practically immobile shuffler.
>

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