I think Daniela Arcuri started changing my dance with work on my embrace. Before Daniela I tended to collapse my left side during the tango. Little by little with great care and help from so many patient teachers, I think my tango is as Argentine as it can be for my age, beginner level of dance and no dance experience.
The dance feels slower, more grounded and the music is my guide.
This is all thanks to Johana Copes, Cecilia Gonzalez, Gustavo Diaz, Eduardo Saucedo, Marisa Quiroga, Oliver Kolker, Silvina Valz, the Gaunas, Alberto Paz, Valerie Hart, Carina Mele, Junior Cervila, Natalia Royo, Cathie Julius, Donna Coccodrilli, Sid Grant, Eliana Sanchez, Maria Angeles Rodriguez, Augusto Balizano, Bettina Vainer, Pablo V and CHICHE.
At different times each of these fabulous teachers nudged me forward into my own style.
I want to list the names so I never forget how each, of these professionals, many of them now friends, worked with me and made me realize I could persevere and learn the dance as it is danced in Argentina.
And the bad ones? It's a bit comical and so sad to watch what passes for Argentine Tango here and in Buenos Aires so my solution is not to think about it and definitely not to watch.
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I enjoyed the gist of your post immensely. I get asked so many times, "where did you learn?" and I find I cannot answer adequately in the brief interval in between songs. My partners must think me rude when I don't reply in a name or two or three, but it wouldn't be right. It is a question for a long car ride, not one that should be asked on the dance floor unless you can ask it without words. Blogs are great and you've made good use of your space:-)
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