SLO Tango -- rotating & all that jazz

[DB]

Bravo Willow!! Well said! 

Tangamente,
Debbie 

-----Original Message-----
From: slotango-bounces at slotango.org [mailto:slotango-bounces at slotango.org]
On Behalf Of Willow RunningHawk
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 8:41 AM
To: slotango at slotango.org
Subject: SLO Tango -- rotating & all that jazz


Queridos compañeros/compañeras:
Laura asked me to put in my $.02, so here goes:
I liked Jeff's email (copied below for those of you who haven't seen
it) it's a nice list of good sense vis-a-vis tango.

Some people get so worked up about the classes and to rotate or not to
rotate, it makes me think that they're just letting off steam that is being
generated elsewhere.  I think our tango community is fabulous! Let people do
what they like, if they want to be exclusive, well, that's their perogative,
who cares?  (Apparently this does bother some people quite a lot... but you
can't please everyone no matter how hard you try.)  Most of our more
experienced dancers DO make an effort to dance with the less experienced and
less familiar partners, and I love you all for that!

There has been talk of a tango town meeting, but that makes me quite
uncomfortable.  Meetings are for work-related stuff, please!!  l don't want
the outside world to contaminate my precious tango bubble.  Tango is what I
do to escape from all that! I say we stay focused on what we love about
tango... the dance, the music, the atmosphere, the warmth of our tango
community... I love you all!

besos, Willow

**Hi all,

This is Jeff from the Salsa world and  I wanted to share my opinions about
rotating.  I believe that in any group lesson, except those involving
dangerous lifts and tricks, rotating should be strongly strongly encouraged.
I'd go one step further by arguing that advanced Tango dancers should rotate
with the same sex, so that they learn the follow and lead.  Tango originated
this way, did it not?

Here's why rotation should be obligitory:

1. It's more inclusive.  All those single dancers out there will want to
take the class that let's them participate, obviously.

2. You'll learn how to dance with many types of leads/follows.  Do you
really want to be a great dancer with your parter but no one else?

3. Work out bad habits more quickly.  If you learn with only one partner,
he/she may not be able to catch everything you are doing wrong.

4. Stronger bond between participants.  You will make your Tango community
stronger by rotating.  It sounds cheesy but it's true.

5. Better way to gage the different levels of dancing.  You'll have a better
understanding of what makes a good dancer and what makes a bad dancer by
learning with the good and the bad.

6. Chance to take a mini-vacation from partner.  Do you really want to dance
the whole time with your partner, anyway?

So that's about it.  It's an interesting debate but I think rotation wins
hands down.  Good luck and I hope you figure out what is best for you and
your Tango community.  -Jeff.**

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