322  Instructional Videos now number 140

Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:13:41 -0600
From: Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown@DAL.FRB.ORG>
Subject: Instructional Videos now number 140

The two new Fabian Salas videos brings the number of instructional videos
available for Argentine tango to 140. The number of such videos has
increased at an incredible rate over the past five years. No DVD, yet.

Tango Argentino de Tejas provides a complete listing of instructional
videos with reviews and ratings of most; including links to the purveyors,
and sections on videos about beginning tango, technique and structure,
intermediate and advanced tango steps and figures, close-embrace styles of
tango, canyengue, fantasia, milonga, vals and individual styles. The URL
is <http://www.tejastango.com/video_resources.html>.

With best regards,
Steve


Tango Argentino de Tejas
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A non-commercial online resource with in information about Argentine tango
including reviews of instructional videos, guides to tango music, articles
about learning and dancing tango, and a very extensive set of links.

Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 08:29:57 -0700
From: bulent alpaslan <alpaslan574@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Instructional videos

Dear list,

I started tango lessons 3 months ago. I think , if I
know about different teaching methods I will develop
my style better.

I am thinking to buy instructional videos. Which video
is better? Please recommend me some instructional
videos.

What do you think about learning from videos? We have
a course and milongas here. But all of the dancers
have learned from the same instructors. I want to
learn about diffent approaches.


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Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:18:17 -0500
From: Stephen Brown <Stephen.P.Brown@DAL.FRB.ORG>
Subject: Re: Instructional Videos

As others have said, most instructional videos leave out leading and
following. Actually, no instructional video that I am aware covers every
topic necessary to develop complete skills as a tango dancer. As such,
the videos are better suited as a supplement to instruction.

The Daniel Trenner videos with Brooke Burdett or Rebecca Shulman are a
real exception in teaching leading and following skills and the structure
of tango. The Trenner videos teach the lead and follow as integrated
aspects of the structure of the dance, rather than the specific techniques
for use in each step or step pattern. In my opinion, the general approach
taken on the Trenner videos is the best way to learn leading and following
skills. Learning the lead and follow for each specific step pattern is
rather limiting. With the approach taken on the Trenner videos, the lead
and follow skills are transferable to nearly every step pattern.

For beginners wanting to supplement their instruction, I generally
recommend the first Trenner/Burdett video combined with either the
Zotto/Godoy, Mora Godoy, Copello/Monti or Gloria y Eduardo videos. The
Pugliese video is particularly good in its coverage of basic turns.
See http://www.tejastango.com/video_resources.html#Beginners

For club-style tango, the forthcoming series with Daniel Lapadula and
Delores DeAmo is a good introduction, but it assumes some prior knowledge
of tango or concurrent instruction.
See http://www.tejastango.com/video_resources.html#Milonguero

There are a number of videos that offer specific instruction in technique,
including separate videos for men's and women's technique. The Trenner
videos in this category and some of the others will help fill out the
missing elements on some of the more advanced videos that emphasize steps
and patterns.
See http://www.tejastango.com/video_resources.html#Technique/Structure

With best regards,
Steve

Stephen Brown
Tango Argentino de Tejas
http://www.tejastango.com/