"Simple is boring!" they say. They complain if the tango performances they see don't have something body-contorting/death-defying/jaw-dropping/eye-popping. They take classes not for basics or for navigation ("That's so BEGINNER"), but to learn complicated and flashy moves.
...And then they go and do the stuff they just learned on crowded dance floors. Enthusiastically and without any regard for the people they are barrelling into. Thanks a lot.
It's probably useless showing them this video. They are too busy practicing helicopter spins and triple enganche gancho giros (whatever that is) to pay attention. It's a video of two of the biggest Tango maestros in the world....dancing simply. And it's stunning:
Osvaldo Cartery and Elina Roldan dancing simply to a simple vals
They don't know or understand that it takes more experience and skill and musicality to break it down and make every movement expression and emotion. It is actually easier to do a set of steps than to flow and be free to respond to every nuance of the music and to the changing conditions of the dance floor around you.
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