[TANGO-L] Tango, Baile Nuestro

[Bibi Wong <bibibwong @HOTMAIL.COM>]

List members,

I have a few thoughts after reading the recent postings that compare tango
and ballroom dance.

I would look forward to hearing the comments of vetaran dancers of **ALL
three types** (AT, American and International), not the "one sided pointing
finger across the fence" critics which tend to be bias.

But I agree that there is a maze of curriculum set by the ballroom dance
community, but I also agree that without the system, it would be less
mangeable for most common dancers across the globe to visualise the scope of
the dance and their path of progress.

AT on the other hand, does not have a set style nor a curriculum.  You don't
even know where you stand in that universe.  The dancers may think they know
everything....  Is it why we tend to argue till the cows come home?

If people criticize that the rankings of curriculum (Bronze, Silver & Gold)
in ballroom dance is to lure people to take classes, I don't see AT being
more innocent about it.  In fact, AT may be even worst, because sometimes we
don't even know what exact level the teachers (particularly the travelling
international teachers) are teaching which easily leads to dancers learning
advanced material before they are ready to do them.  In the extreme cases,
some of the prestigeous teachers do not to tell the students if they are
teaching tango, milonga or waltz, much less any specific movements.


Bibi

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