Re: [TANGO-L] Memorized Patterns and Improvised Tango

[Brian Dunn <brian @DANCEOFTHEHEART.COM>]

Nicole wrote:
>>>
And no, teaching improvisation is not so easy...and if it was there would be
a lot more great dancers out there.  It's hard to teach adults to break
their learning methods.  Children yes, it's easy, and it is possible in a
few adult dancers...but not very often.
<<<

This may have been true in the past - but dancers and teachers in the Nuevo
Tango approach (as opposed to the Nuevo Tango "style") have laid analytical
groundwork in approaching the teaching of improvisation in a way that can
greatly speed up the process.  In particular, my experience with Mauricio
Castro's work in synthesizing new tango approaches with a variety of other
disciplines confirms that tango improvisation can be learned much more
quickly by the typical tango student that previously supposed (wish I had
found this stuff seven years ago!).

All the best,
Brian Dunn
Dance of the Heart
Boulder, Colorado  USA
1(303)938-0716
http://www.danceoftheheart.com