Let the embrace do the talking
By yy on Jun 2, 2008 in Musings | 0 Comments
Had been following a recent thread on Tango-L on community building with a lot of interest. I was particularly impressed with the comments made by Sean of the Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society, who made a number of telling observations.
I will try to paraphrase some of the discussions below.
By yy on May 14, 2008 in Learning process, Musings | 1 Comment
Got into a conversation recently lamenting the fact there it’s very difficult to bring in new people - and guys in particular - to our Tango community. One of the main point, it seems, is that Tango, when compared with, say, salsa, is a difficult dance and so people drop out because of the lack [...]
By yy on Nov 23, 2007 in Musings, Techniques | 0 Comments
It’s great to have Hsueh-tze back, for the second time this year. Currently we are about half-way through her series of workshops. As usual, she has enlightened all of us on the subtleties of close embrace and yet again highlighted some very important fundamental techniques that allow us to do just that little extra with [...]
By yy on Oct 23, 2007 in Learning process, Musings | 0 Comments
Almost any Tango teacher worth his salt - be they of the “resident” variety or the travelling maestros - would have (or should have) struggled with these questions at some point in his teaching career: What do I teach to the students? And in what order should I present what I know?
It goes without [...]
By yy on Sep 29, 2007 in Musings | 2 Comments
In the most recent Tango Noticias, the newsletter for the Chicago Tango community, there is an interview with Geraldine Rojas and Ezequiel Paludi. When they broke up with their respective dance partners of many years a little more than two years ago, there was quite a big hooha at the time. Now, we finally get [...]
