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Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by Telemark
8/25/2010  4:05:00 AM
That has to be the funniest demonstration of how not to dance Argentine Tango I have ever seen. What a travesty!

I'm going to watch it again ... for all the wrong reasons.
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by TangoFandango
8/25/2010  4:18:00 AM
I agree, and who ever heard of pelvic contact in AT? As for that Ocho.... enough said!
It's George Garcia and Christy Cote for me.
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by Lycaean69
8/25/2010  12:19:00 PM
Well, my friends, you are entitled to your opinions and, maybe, just maybe, you are better A/T dancers than them! I have no comment on that except:
"Please email Corky and Kristina, and voice out your critique to them and let's hear what they will say, ha, ha, ha!!!
Lycaean69
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by Telemark
8/25/2010  1:39:00 PM
Maybe? It wouldn't be hard.

There is NOTHING of tango movement in any step either of them take. He leads nothing, and she isn't following. I've never seen ANYTHING like her 'cross and step back' action. It's wonderful. I'm going to watch it again.
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by Lycaean69
8/25/2010  4:01:00 PM
Just invited S-O-D to the website and said "take it from there"!
Didn't tell there are other A/T instructors there because he/she will surely find out! He/She wants to learn the A/T dance, therefore, it's all up to him/her to decide. If he/she likes what he/she saw, problem solved. If not, so be it, and continue looking!
But for you so say it's the "funniest demonstration of how not to dance A/T" is really uncalled for as if you're an expert A/T dancer. You resplied
"Maybe? It wouldn't be hard". Prove it to S-O-D! Make a home video of your A/T dancesteps and email it to him/her.
Lastly, my suggestion to S-O-D: Please go to Ebay.com, where you will find A/T dance dvds from Argentina selling for as low at $15.00 plus s&h. It's where A/T dance was born and the DIs are world class! Been a member of Ebay for years where I bought a lot of ballroom dance dvds for me and my wife to practice and ultimately learned sans going to any ballroom dance class and saved a fortune!
Also, bought from Ebay Juan Carlos Copes' A/T dvd years back and it's excellent! Mr. Copes, is the
"maestro", the father of A/T! He received numerous awards as an A/T dancer. But again, I am afraid you may critique by saying Mr. Copes A/T dance steps are old! However, my question is: Is not A/T dance itself, old too? If I am not wrong, it was danced by the "gauchos" at the bars, salons and alleys of Buenos Aires centuries ago, where it was banned because it was very seductive! It was only either in the mid-40s or mid-50s that it spread throughout Europe and, finally, to the USA, right?
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by Telemark
8/26/2010  12:43:00 AM
Let's just agree to disagree.
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by Lycaean69
8/26/2010  12:53:00 PM
Well said!!!
Bottom line, let's leave it to S-O-D to decide after receiving some recommendations and suggestions!
Re: Good DVD learning resource?
Posted by pakarinen
9/4/2010  7:03:00 AM
I am not an expert at AT but I've noticed that sometimes very accomplished ballroom / Latin dancers do not make the transition to AT well. I'll let others speculate on why that might be.

An example is the owner of my studio (former chain owner, ballroom competitor, etc) teaching totally differently than people from BA with whom I dance. The studio owner puts major emphasis on patterns while no "real" AT teachers do. My comments are based on what I've seen here in Chicago and in Tampa.

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