<<<IMO, if, over time, a beginner doesn't develop a love and feel for classic argentine tango music and in addition can't find the beat, no matter how many months of classes he/she attends or how many different (if available) teachers are used, then I believe it's a lost cause. What does a teacher do in this case?>>>
Some people are dancers and some are not...some hear music and some don't. We don't have control over that, but some people take a long time to get it so you can't always predict how they might turn out. If someone really wants to continue, you should encourage them, they could be late bloomers, and even be very good eventually. ...or...you could try deconstructing some basic elements of steps that they already know and create repetitive exercises that they could do with music to help them and then reconstruct the steps after they have developed some sense of rhythm from the exercise...in other words try to trick them into doing the step, sort of like Mr. Miyagi's approach to karate...wax on, wax off. But hey, I have watched dancers here in NYC for ten years and some still don't get it, and they are still out at the milongas. They may be dancing just for the fun of it. If they don't want to give up, keep teaching them. They are paying the bills, after all. You can't save the world. Cheers, Charles ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l