Re: [TANGO-L] tango teaching

[astrid <astrid@RUBY.PLALA.OR.JP>]

Anna wrote:
, I need the "down time" of a milonga, to just dance and not think.  My
question is, how do I tell this teacher that he shouldn't  be teaching on
the floor at a milonga, even if it is just suggestions whispered in my ear
througout the dance?

This brings to mind something that has irked me for a long time:
we have several teachers and assistents at the milonga I go to. They all
come to the milongas and dance with us, also to make the gender balance a
little better. Now, hearing this at class is fine, but how do I feel when
almost every time after I have danced with one of these guys, regardless of
whether he is above or below my level of skills, when the music stops he
says:"Muy bien, Astrid !"
As though this tanda had just been a little lesson and I get praised because
I "managed" to follow him through all his steps or something.
Does this happen in other places too? Any opinions on this?
It is a small irritation, but sometimes I find it rather out of place.

Astrid