Re: [TANGO-L] Dancing Tango within the music

[WHITE 95 R <white95r @HOTMAIL.COM>]

The idea of dancing or learning to dance tango (or any other dance) without
strict adherence to the music seems preposterous to me. I do not mean to
offend or insult Bruno, but I simply cannot fathom teaching people to dance
tango in any way but with and to the music. To me the question is
superfluous. The very first thing I do is aquaint the students to the beat
of the music and the rhythm of tango. Then, I teach them to mark the rhythm
wiith their steps. Only then I proceed to teach them the rudiments of the
tango walk. Generally the first thing that we incorporate in our teaching is
the movement to the strong and soft beats of the music to accomplish the
arrepentida or any other movement that uses the slow and quick times.
Anyway, I guess I would dsay that the very first thing to consider and teach
to aspiring tango dancers is how to move to the muisc.

Musical dancing to all,

Manuel



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----Original Message Follows----
From: Bruno <romerob  @TELUSPLANET.NET>


Wonder if anybody in their pursuit of finding a methodology for learning
tango has given thought to tying up (linking) dance figures and steps to
represent the number compasses in tango music. The idea behind it is to make
sure that one is not caught dancing off the music compass, i.e. when dancing
to strong and steady beat tango music such as Di Sarli, Calo, tanturi, etc.
A lot has been said about other topics on this list, but other topics
pertaining to incorporating a strategy for musicality in the dance remains
elusive.

Regards,

Bruno

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