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why a partner is necessary in my classes ?
in the long run of my career as a dance instructor in Tango Argentino for the last past 20 years I've noticed how difficult and frustrating is to have singles in a class, let me explain:
why it is so difficult ? :
I am in a class of 13 students ( as per se : 5 males and 8 females , or 5 females and 8 males ) : I will have 5 couples ,and three persons floating waiting to have somebody to help them to practice the steps learned in class , so , the instructor ( me in this case ) to keep the flow and the class running become a floating partner for this singles , in the mean time the five couples are waiting to be acknowledged for what they are doing , and this pattern become a no so good class rhythm. ( bad , very bad !)
why is so frustrating ? :
let see the same class , ( you , me in this case ) going back and forth from the singles to the couples
a lot of vital information may be ( is ) lost . Is practically impossible to keep the attention of the student (s) in what the instructor is saying and /or showing , Now imagine groups of 19,25,33 or more students , disaster with music !
I have been all over the world watching the classes of very well known instructors and no so famous others ; at the end of the day they have told me :"" I wish I could have an even number of male and female students , will be easier for everybody "".
This is to give you all one idea of the reason I have change my classes in to Tango Argentino Partner Necessary
This is it folks , for now
in the long run of my career as a dance instructor in Tango Argentino for the last past 20 years I've noticed how difficult and frustrating is to have singles in a class, let me explain:
why it is so difficult ? :
I am in a class of 13 students ( as per se : 5 males and 8 females , or 5 females and 8 males ) : I will have 5 couples ,and three persons floating waiting to have somebody to help them to practice the steps learned in class , so , the instructor ( me in this case ) to keep the flow and the class running become a floating partner for this singles , in the mean time the five couples are waiting to be acknowledged for what they are doing , and this pattern become a no so good class rhythm. ( bad , very bad !)
why is so frustrating ? :
let see the same class , ( you , me in this case ) going back and forth from the singles to the couples
a lot of vital information may be ( is ) lost . Is practically impossible to keep the attention of the student (s) in what the instructor is saying and /or showing , Now imagine groups of 19,25,33 or more students , disaster with music !
I have been all over the world watching the classes of very well known instructors and no so famous others ; at the end of the day they have told me :"" I wish I could have an even number of male and female students , will be easier for everybody "".
This is to give you all one idea of the reason I have change my classes in to Tango Argentino Partner Necessary
This is it folks , for now
