tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post6317403761749045788..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: What Beginners Want? Really?msHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-71788496947444114662012-03-11T11:31:05.197+00:002012-03-11T11:31:05.197+00:00@Jane, yes, I think that really appeals to a lot o...@Jane, yes, I think that really appeals to a lot of people. <br /><br />And I know other people - really excellent dancers - who've come in for the same reason as Matthew, above. And that appeals to me strongly, too.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-89221722320190772982012-03-11T07:44:12.167+00:002012-03-11T07:44:12.167+00:00I didn't go into tango for the flashy stuff ei...I didn't go into tango for the flashy stuff either. At various times in my life I had enjoyed watching show tango, but it wasn't until I went to my first milonga - as a non-dancing spectator - that I knew I had to do it. <br />It was the intensity of the interaction between each couple that riveted me - and still does.Plain Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439876093752787601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-84775291941810896352012-03-05T21:41:05.716+00:002012-03-05T21:41:05.716+00:00What beginners want and what they need are not alw...What beginners want and what they need are not always the same thing. And that applies to a lot more than Tango.bdrasinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04800581545972884080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-63094795021116246462012-03-05T21:35:56.722+00:002012-03-05T21:35:56.722+00:00What beginners want? A pleasant uninterrupted danc...What beginners want? A pleasant uninterrupted dance, without intimidation from the experienced guys. And yes, it does happen: aggressive ganchos etc. And it also happens from other beginners who have no idea of floor craft. A first rule of floor craft IMO is keep up with the couple in front. Don't stop for some stupid embellishment that you fluff up anyway. Timing is everything. When you get connection, then everything else is secondary (apart from the line of dance!)robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05278085229910183896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-53926796186733763762012-02-22T16:31:09.952+00:002012-02-22T16:31:09.952+00:00Mmm... I think you're unusual, MsH.
Or at le...Mmm... I think you're unusual, MsH. <br /><br />Or at least, a lot of beginners I see (maybe 30%-40%) do tend to have, at best, some misconceptions about impression of tango.<br /><br />At worst, they explicitly want to learn "the kicky flicky stuff"...David Baileyhttp://www.learningtango.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-91107321107671997552012-02-14T16:07:46.276+00:002012-02-14T16:07:46.276+00:00I think the only generalisation we can make about ...I think the only generalisation we can make about a beginners first impression of Tango, is that these first impressions are quickly dispelled and that the dance turns out to be something really quite different to what one first expected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-90824019963196093132012-02-14T08:28:23.853+00:002012-02-14T08:28:23.853+00:00I didn't start because of any performance. I ...I didn't start because of any performance. I started because I wanted to get something musical into my life. I really wanted to learn to play the piano, but a) it looked very expensive, and b) I had a couple of not-very-encouraging conversations with potential piano teachers.<br /><br />So I picked tango because it happened to be taught nearby, and because the advert for it persuaded me that, yes, even a <i>complete beginner</i> who'd never done any other form of dance would be welcome. And luckily that encouragement continued.<br /><br />I honestly had no picture whatsoever in my head about what tango was before I started.<br /><br />You're right though. Even though this was my experience, I still assume by default that most beginners got sucked in by seeing ganchos and sentadas on Strictly.Matthewnoreply@blogger.com