On 2008-03-27 10:23-0700, Huck Kennedy wrote: > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From a student of Javier (a great walker) who sees walking 'toe first' as > > 'old fashioned'.. > > He teaches heel first and his student has the following to say; > > "Don't worry about which way to walk, just walk naturally like you are > > walking on the street [...]" > > I don't know about some people like Javier who apparently even > came waltzing out of the womb elegantly, but if I were to tango the > same way I look walking down the street like a goofball, I'd never get > any dances. > > Who was it, Gavito, who after dancing 30 years remarked to > someone, "I think I worked out another kink in my walking this morning > in practica," or something to that effect. > > Giving such "just walk naturally" advice to a raw beginniner off > the street to get him off to at least some kind of a reasonable start > is probably a good idea, but to leave it at that, and pretend that > good elegant tango results from "just walking naturally" instead of > from years of polished refinement, is patent nonsense. > > Huck > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
I totally agree. I have tried to dance like I am just walking naturally, it is quite a different dance, it looks almost neuvo. Most likely I am going to spend years refining my walk and then in my late fifties burst out in creativity producing a beautiful mature educated style of my own full of character and charisma; only to discover it looks just like the way I used to walk down the street in 2008. -- 'Mash London,UK _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
