Absolutely Professional Teaching Method


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Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 12:41:57 -0700 From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk@virtuar.com> Subject: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method To: <tango-l@mit.edu> Maria Olivera wrote: "Their teaching method is absolutely professional.." -- Maria, what is the "Absolutely Professional Teaching Method" ? Igor Polk Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:07:37 -0300 From: "Maria Olivera" <ma_olivera@yahoo.com.ar> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method To: <tango-l@mit.edu> Dear Igor, By "absolutely professional teaching method" I mean: 1) They prepare their lessons in advance, studying deeply what what they are going to teach and how to transfer their knownledge to the students. 2) Because of this previous work, they develop their classes working with a clear concept, starting from very easy but very important excersises on rythmics and walking, and then growing up to more complex movements. 3)They treat the students with respect and kindness, which for me is one of the most important things a teacher should practice. As students, we're all vulnerable, and unlikely, some teachers act as if they were born knowing how to dance, forgetting the fact that to come to a class means to forget our ego by telling other people "I don't know, please, teach me what you do know, help me". 4)They base their teaching in the concept of improvisation, which, together with the embrace, is the real essence of our dance. So they are not teaching strange or sofisticated movements that can only be done by young healthy bodies. 5) As they do the music at the milongas they run, they have a large collection of tangos, valses and milongas and they also base their teaching in the musicality. I can probably tell you more, but I think this is enough to show that they're not following the "do it like me" method, and they know what they are doing. Hugs, Maria -----Mensaje original----- De: tango-l-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces@mit.edu]En nombre de Igor Polk Enviado el: Miercoles, 05 de Septiembre de 2007 04:42 p.m. Para: tango-l@mit.edu Asunto: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method Maria Olivera wrote: "Their teaching method is absolutely professional.." -- Maria, what is the "Absolutely Professional Teaching Method" ? Igor Polk __________ Informacisn de NOD32, revisisn 2507 (20070905) __________ Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system https://www.nod32.com Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:18:41 -0300 From: Robin Tara <rtara@maine.rr.com> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method To: Maria Olivera <ma_olivera@yahoo.com.ar>, <tango-l@mit.edu> Maria writes beautifully about what she means by saying "absolutely professional". I think many of us have fallen victim to "catch phrases" verbal shortcuts for transmitting information. If I read an advertisement that says "absolutely professional", I pay very little attention to it, as most ads impky that. But . . . When I read Maria's description of their approach to teaching, I am impressed, and curious. I think, "This is intriguing." Best regards, Robin Tara Design, Inc. www.taratangoshoes.com Toll Free in US: 1-877-906-8272 18 Stillman St. So. Portland ME 04106 207-741-2992-- > From: Maria Olivera <ma_olivera@yahoo.com.ar> > Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:07:37 -0300 > To: <tango-l@mit.edu> > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method > > > Dear Igor, > > By "absolutely professional teaching method" I mean: > > 1) They prepare their lessons in advance, studying deeply what what they are > going to teach and how to transfer their knownledge to the students. > 2) Because of this previous work, they develop their classes working with a > clear concept, starting from very easy but very important excersises on > rythmics and walking, and then growing up to more complex movements. > 3)They treat the students with respect and kindness, which for me is one of > the most important things a teacher should practice. As students, we're all > vulnerable, and unlikely, some teachers act as if they were born knowing how > to dance, forgetting the fact that to come to a class means to forget our > ego by telling other people "I don't know, please, teach me what you do > know, help me". > 4)They base their teaching in the concept of improvisation, which, together > with the embrace, is the real essence of our dance. So they are not teaching > strange or sofisticated movements that can only be done by young healthy > bodies. > 5) As they do the music at the milongas they run, they have a large > collection of tangos, valses and milongas and they also base their teaching > in the musicality. > > I can probably tell you more, but I think this is enough to show that > they're not following the "do it like me" method, and they know what they > are doing. > > Hugs, > Maria > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: tango-l-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces@mit.edu]En nombre de > Igor Polk > Enviado el: Miercoles, 05 de Septiembre de 2007 04:42 p.m. > Para: tango-l@mit.edu > Asunto: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method > > > Maria Olivera wrote: > > "Their teaching method is absolutely professional.." > > -- > Maria, what is the "Absolutely Professional Teaching Method" ? > > Igor Polk > > > > > > __________ Informacisn de NOD32, revisisn 2507 (20070905) __________ > > Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system > https://www.nod32.com > > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:23:28 -0700 From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk@virtuar.com> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method To: <tango-l@mit.edu> Thank you, Maria, for the clarification. May I ask you also what is "the concept of improvisation" you mentioned in "They base their teaching in the concept of improvisation, which, together with the embrace, is the real essence of our dance. " ? Igor Polk Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:52:10 -0700 (MST) From: Huck Kennedy <huck@eninet.eas.asu.edu> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method To: tango-l@Mit.edu Robin Tara writes: > If I read an advertisement that says "absolutely professional", > I pay very little attention to it, as most ads imply that. Similarly, if I go into a restaurant and anything on the menu says, "grilled to perfection," I immediately get up and walk out, because I know the food will be eminently forgettable if the owner and/or Line Cook Masquerading As A Chef is that tacky. Unless, of course, I'm stuck in some little podunk town like, say, Loveland, Ohio, (not to pick on Ohio suburbia, but my sister just happens to live there) and there's nothing but chain restaurants that all say "grilled to perfection" on the menus, in which case I've no choice but to just take my lumps or starve. Huck Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 21:02:47 -0300 From: "Maria Olivera" <ma_olivera@yahoo.com.ar> Subject: [Tango-L] RV: Absolutely Professional Teaching Method To: <tango-l@mit.edu> -----Mensaje original----- De: Maria Olivera [mailto:ma_olivera@yahoo.com.ar] Enviado el: Miercoles, 05 de Septiembre de 2007 09:01 p.m. Para: Igor Polk Asunto: RE: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method By improvisation I mean the absense of pre-stablished secquences, what we generally call "cloned" movements, and the need of adjusting they way we dance to the music we're dancing to, the partner we're dancing with and the conditions of the dance floor we're dancing at. Maybe this paragraph will explain the idea better than I, it's taken from "Embracing Tango", the book my partner (Gustavo Benzecry Saba) wrote, which I translated to the English: "Improvisation is what we can do without any previous intention. In Tango dance, it is what we can do while we are merged with each other... It is the ability to resolve, or the lack of planning at a specific moment in time and space. It is a challenge to find a way to keep moving, even when there is no space and obstacles surround us." I hope you understand what I mean know. Hugs again, Maria -----Mensaje original----- De: tango-l-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:tango-l-bounces@mit.edu]En nombre de Igor Polk Enviado el: Miercoles, 05 de Septiembre de 2007 08:23 p.m. Para: tango-l@mit.edu Asunto: Re: [Tango-L] Absolutely Professional Teaching Method Thank you, Maria, for the clarification. May I ask you also what is "the concept of improvisation" you mentioned in "They base their teaching in the concept of improvisation, which, together with the embrace, is the real essence of our dance. " ? Igor Polk __________ Informacisn de NOD32, revisisn 2507 (20070905) __________ Este mensaje ha sido analizado con NOD32 antivirus system https://www.nod32.com Continue to Experience and dancing \| ARTICLE INDEX

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