4112 Good Tango students
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:03:59 -0600
From: Lois Donnay <donnay@DONNAY.NET>
Subject: Good Tango students
Here's a somewhat related subject - how do you become a good student?
I have a few students who come along so fast - they are excellent students!
Then I have some who take lessons for years and just don't seem to get it.
Here's the difference, I think:
The good students listen, and try to understand.
The good students take classes at levels that are below what their time in
tango may dictate.
The good students work hard on their big troublespots.
The good students don't move around to too many teachers.
The good students ask for exercises, and practice them.
The good students limit requests to learn "that move" that they saw on the
floor last week.
Any others?
Lois Donnay
Minneapolis, MN
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:59:00 +0000
From: "Chris, UK" <tl2@CHRISJJ.COM>
Subject: Re: Good Tango students
Lois wrote:
> I have a few students who come along so fast - they are excellent
> students! Then I have some who take lessons for years and just don't seem to
> get it. Here's the difference, I think:
> The good students [do good student stuff]
The difference is that those who come along fast have the natural disposition for
tango. Studentship has little to do with it. Teaching even less. Their progress
comes independently through time spent dancing.
What's essential to being a good dancer is learned before starting classes rather than
during. Never truer than in tango is the saying "Teaching does not develop good
dancers so much as discover them".
Chris
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:33:11 -0800
From: Duende de Tango <duendedetango@MAC.COM>
Subject: Re: Good Tango students
I think you have a good definition of a Good Tango Student.
What I add, is practicing at home. I practice
what I have been taught, and I follow the
instructional DVD (Fabian Salas, I do have others
that are good). The DVD is consistent with what I
am being taught at the Tango School.
So, I would suggest that a good student practices when ever they can.
At 4:03 PM -0600 3/16/06, Lois Donnay wrote:
>Here's a somewhat related subject - how do you become a good student?
>
>I have a few students who come along so fast - they are excellent students!
>Then I have some who take lessons for years and just don't seem to get it.
>
>Here's the difference, I think:
>The good students listen, and try to understand.
>The good students take classes at levels that are below what their time in
>tango may dictate.
>The good students work hard on their big troublespots.
>The good students don't move around to too many teachers.
>The good students ask for exercises, and practice them.
>The good students limit requests to learn "that move" that they saw on the
>floor last week.
>
>Any others?
>
>Lois Donnay
>Minneapolis, MN
>
>
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:45:54 -0800
From: Iron Logic <railogic@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Good Tango students
>>>>
The good students don't move around to too many teachers.
>>>
I am not sure, what works for one may not work for another, I think a good student should go to as many teachers as possible, then may be settle one main teacher.
Unfortunately there is NO single tango teacher in the world who can give every tool you need to dance well.
Duende de Tango <duendedetango@MAC.COM> wrote:
I think you have a good definition of a Good Tango Student.
What I add, is practicing at home. I practice
what I have been taught, and I follow the
instructional DVD (Fabian Salas, I do have others
that are good). The DVD is consistent with what I
am being taught at the Tango School.
So, I would suggest that a good student practices when ever they can.
At 4:03 PM -0600 3/16/06, Lois Donnay wrote:
>Here's a somewhat related subject - how do you become a good student?
>
>I have a few students who come along so fast - they are excellent students!
>Then I have some who take lessons for years and just don't seem to get it.
>
>Here's the difference, I think:
>The good students listen, and try to understand.
>The good students take classes at levels that are below what their time in
>tango may dictate.
>The good students work hard on their big troublespots.
>The good students don't move around to too many teachers.
>The good students ask for exercises, and practice them.
>The good students limit requests to learn "that move" that they saw on the
>floor last week.
>
>Any others?
>
>Lois Donnay
>Minneapolis, MN
>
>
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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:10:09 -0800
From: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Good Tango students
Nice list, Lois.
I have also had some excellent students in different
age groups. One characteristic they all share is the
willingness to go out and do their own research, to
bring something with them to class/lesson. They
question things and experiment on their own. These
students will not hesitate to call or email me about
things they find interesting. They enjoy the learning
process immensely and will look for tango similarities
in other fields. They practice at least twice a week
in supervised settings. They concentrate on
developing their kinesthetic sense. Most are not
overly worried if they do something wrong. They just
see it as an interesting challenge to overcome. And,
of course, they pay attention in class/lessons, often
comparing something I just said with something I may
have said a couple of weeks ago. And they have a
great attitude!
These students do move around to other teachers
(usually after the first few months) but they all come
back to a "home" base. I think it is where they feel
most comfortable discussing ideas and working out
stuff. They are always comparing and contrasting, not
taking anything as the one "truth".
On the other hand, I have seen students with those
characteristics that had the potential to be really
good, but they were not guided in the right direction.
They ended up focusing more on the steps than on
dancing lead/follow. Their participation in the
community is much more limited. I do not find it
enjoyable to dance with them, which is a shame.
What I am still working out is the differences between
male and female students. My male students are
happily challenged by internal stuff (music,
kinesthetics, communication, improvisation) as opposed
to the just learning figures. Women tend to want the
steps, unless they are interested in the music.
Trini de Pittsburgh
--- Lois Donnay <donnay@DONNAY.NET> wrote:
> Here's a somewhat related subject - how do you
> become a good student?
>
> I have a few students who come along so fast - they
> are excellent students!
> Then I have some who take lessons for years and just
> don't seem to get it.
>
> Here's the difference, I think:
> The good students listen, and try to understand.
> The good students take classes at levels that are
> below what their time in
> tango may dictate.
> The good students work hard on their big
> troublespots.
> The good students don't move around to too many
> teachers.
> The good students ask for exercises, and practice
> them.
> The good students limit requests to learn "that
> move" that they saw on the
> floor last week.
>
> Any others?
>
> Lois Donnay
> Minneapolis, MN
>
>
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