Based on discussions here, it might be useful if some of you took up Balkan folk dance, or hustle, or lindy hop, or something you know nothing about. Become rank beginner again. Maybe some of you forget what it is like to be clueless about dance and what learning process is. Is not always linear. Often very crooked.
My introduction to tango was by listening to Adrian Iaies and later years of Piazzollo. Then I try to dance to them because I like to dance. Then I learn there is tango dance. Then I learn no one can possibly dance tango to later Piazzolla, or at least everyone hates to dance to later Piazzolla, or something, or maybe nothing. But I like dancing to Piazzolla. Then I learn that one must only dance to scratchy records of 30's, or not. I also learn that many, but not all, who teach are sole owners of truth. Then I learn more and more... Finally I learn I must simply decide for myself what I want and do what I can in the time I have with resources at hand which are not ideal. Very crooked path. Often learning is not just going from A to B. I am not trying to be insulting or pedantic. I do respect all on list and am sure that dancing is far better than mine. Just my 2 cents. D. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
