Personally I prefer it that way. If I respect a teacher for his/her knowledge, it does not even matter if they simply discuss the basic sequence since there is so much one can do. the problem is that many people want steps, steps, sequences, sequences, rather than good old fashioned technique. A 8-step basic well executed feeds into so many other aspects of tango ...
I do believe it will impact how people will choose workshops. Gordon On 6/13/11 2:38 PM, Michael wrote: > This is part of an announcement for a tango festival: > > Note on Class Subjects - > At the request of the maestros', no class topics will be announced ahead of > time. Instead, all classes will be rated by level only. This is what normally > happens in Buenos Aires and the purpose is to give the instructors an > opportunity to first observe the particular group in the classroom to > determine what would be the best topic to teach. They believe that many > factors contribute toward the actual level of dancing and request this > courtesy to craft a lesson that adapts to what the students in each class can > best perceive. > > I deleted the maestros' names because they aren't important for this message. > > This is very interesting. I wonder if this will impact how people choose > workshops. > > > Abrazos, > Michael > Going home to New York after 35+ years > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l -- Gordon Erlebacher Department of Scientific Computing gerlebac...@fsu.edu _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l