Re: [TANGO-L] Tango teachers that hurt the community

[Razor Girl <dilettante666 @YAHOO.COM>]

--- bailadora2000  @EXCITE.COM wrote:
> Teaching is very challenging, and there is no ONE
> way to teach students.  Each offers a new challenge.

I agree with you.

> You know what?  Walking with another person in front
> of you in your space is not natural!!! So, that's

Yes, and its too bad you didn't pick up on my point
about how I think teachers should focus on feeling
more than steps.  I am over simplfying it, and if it
is worth while to you to pick apart what I am saying
because it makes you feel better I can't control that.
 How a person steps is going to make a big difference
in his dancing.  The way a person dances is as
individual as the way he walks.  But I think to a
beginning dancer, to teach him something particular
about where to place the weight on his foot is going
to cause him to focus on his feet rather than on the
heart where his tango should come from.  Later he can
refine his walk.

Regards,
Rose
Portland, OR