tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post4060085208486825277..comments2023-09-27T12:44:03.592+01:00Comments on MsHedgehog: Followers - what do you wish you'd been told?msHedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-69596286734756530642008-05-07T14:20:00.000+01:002008-05-07T14:20:00.000+01:00My analysis is that one should differentiate betwe...My analysis is that one should differentiate between "what look good" and "what feels good". I think beginners should concentrate on the latter.<BR/><BR/>Another one is that some people start an activity like tango to get fit - but the reality is the other way round i.e. one should get fit in order to dance well. I find Pilates very helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-38485886546488153932008-04-14T18:17:00.000+01:002008-04-14T18:17:00.000+01:00N, I don't think anything is wrong with this post....N, I don't think anything is wrong with this post. Luckily. I'm just not going to be able to use it because the class was too small and they don't need me. As to why it was too small and why I felt foolish, those are other matters.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-60790840847529154892008-04-14T17:56:00.000+01:002008-04-14T17:56:00.000+01:00I haven't got a clue what you think is wrong with ...I haven't got a clue what you think is wrong with this post. Not being a dancer I realise I'm not your target audience, but still. It seems very sensible to me. NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-31036176479127984002008-04-13T14:15:00.000+01:002008-04-13T14:15:00.000+01:00@psyche - suspend judgement is a good way of putti...@psyche - suspend judgement is a good way of putting it - and I take your last point, although it's probably outside the scope of what <I>I</I> should be saying. Maybe I'd warn people that there's a lot to be heard out there, from a lot of people.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-25721152583533523982008-04-13T05:24:00.000+01:002008-04-13T05:24:00.000+01:00Johanna's point is a really important one, I think...Johanna's point is a really important one, I think - it's cetainly one of the things I always say when I see someone doing it. I tend to go for 'don't look down, look here (pointing roughly where his heart is), that's where the information is'.<BR/><BR/>Another thing is to encourage them right from the start to suspend judgement - to do exactly what they feel the leader is asking them to do, whether or not they think it's 'right', indeed whether or not it's what *he thinks* he's asking them to do.<BR/><BR/>What do I wish I'd been told? That there are lots of different ways of dancing tango, and all are right.Psychehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14278866207207171284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-46953588633183086072008-04-12T15:58:00.000+01:002008-04-12T15:58:00.000+01:00I think that's good advice too - that's what I hav...I think that's good advice too - that's what I have in mind with the walking down stairs without looking. When you learn to dance you're suddenly thinking about feet so much that you forget they can look after themselves - and walking down an escalator in heels, while brazenly checking the talent going up on the other side, is a great way to persuade your brain that they really can.msHedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719152265628932122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8391293127288856260.post-75037726302147521652008-04-12T15:34:00.000+01:002008-04-12T15:34:00.000+01:00Good list to start off with, Ms. H. But I would a...Good list to start off with, Ms. H. But I would absolutely, positively exhort them to NOT LOOK AT YOUR/HIS FEET!!!!<BR/><BR/>The minute we start learning to dance, we seem to forget where are our feet are and what they are doing. In tango, more often than not, our feet are doing something very different than our partners'. <BR/><BR/>The second thing I would encourage them to do is to close their eyes and help them develop their other senses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com