[TANGO-L] Beginners and all that Jazz

[Rick FromPdx <bugsbunny1959 @HOTMAIL.COM>]

I'm certain this dance can be done well into old age. There's less stress on
the body, than say ballet, jazz, swing & others. w.r.t. degree of difficult
learning, Tango seems non-trivial to lead. I had years of dancing & learning
behind me when I took up AT, 3.75 years ago. I danced 3x/week for 5 months &
then 2/week for the rest of the 1st year & thereafter. It took a long time
to gel. All the rest of the partner dances I know, you get a repeating
rhyyhmn & steps the fit like a glove ontop of the basic rhtyhmn. Tango is a
different beast altogether.

Someone was going to take up the fiddle & asked an experienced player about
what they were in for. The reply came, you might reconsider this idea. It
takes years, you very slowly get better when you're not looking, not too
much reward for a long time. Sounds kinda familiar...
Rick

PS: I love Larry's posting on teaching & the word/concept of "professor". I
just looked up the word in the dictionary.

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