5160  Experience and dancing

Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:54:37 -0400
From: lgmoseley@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] Experience and dancing
To: tango-l@mit.edu



One has to have a certain amount of experience to become a competent dancer and even more to become a competent teacher. That amount varies from person to person. However, it is what you do with the experience that really matters. Do you learn from it?

When I see a clumsy dancer who boasts that they have 10 or 20 years experience, my question is usually "Do you have 20 years' experience - or 1 year's experience repeated 20 times?"


Laurie (Laurence)

>
> Sixty years experience in what? Ricardo Suarez has danced 65 continuous
> years in the milongas.
>
> If you are interested in becoming a better social dancer, I suggest you
> find other teachers. They have no experience in the milongas of Buenos
> Aires. They have name recognition for being in a show that toured the
> world.

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