Floyd (Buffalo) wrote: >>imho the lady has no moves at all to learn. Chris (UK) responded: >True in real dancing, but a class with guys that haven't learned the >moves, she does have to 'learn' them, else in practice they won't get >done. Unfortunately the prevalent class model greatly favours instructors
>that tell the girls to copy a move rather than teach the guys to lead it. Taken to an extreme, this seems to suggest a model in which the instruction for the men and women is conducted in separate groups--with the women learning to follow and the men learning the moves and how to lead the moves. For mixed group classes, generalized leading and following skills might be taught. Anything else runs the risk of women learning the follower's part (which is not the same as learning to follow) men learning the leader's part (which is not the same as the men learning the moves and how to lead them). Group classes conducted this way often rely heavily on memorized patterns with followers and leaders being taught their respective moves. In my opinion, it would be better for the leaders to learn the follower's moves. Then at least they would know what they were expected to lead. With best regards, Steve (de Tejas) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l