Comments on: Tango Student Retention & Community Building from Stone Soup http://tangoforlife.com/wordpress/2009/05/03/tango-student-retention-community-building-from-stone-soup/ Life as Tango & Tango as Life - Dave Donatiu's Tango Adventures & Reflections Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick http://tangoforlife.com/wordpress/2009/05/03/tango-student-retention-community-building-from-stone-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-10765 Patrick Mon, 07 Mar 2011 03:00:14 +0000 http://tangoforlife.com/wordpress/?p=261#comment-10765 It's nice to see this list. This is an ongoing pursuit in our community. We also encourage advanced dancers to dance more with beginners at the milongas and practicas. Thanks for posting this. It’s nice to see this list. This is an ongoing pursuit in our community.

We also encourage advanced dancers to dance more with beginners at the milongas and practicas.

Thanks for posting this.

]]> By: Mary http://tangoforlife.com/wordpress/2009/05/03/tango-student-retention-community-building-from-stone-soup/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Mary Sun, 03 May 2009 22:03:01 +0000 http://tangoforlife.com/wordpress/?p=261#comment-10 #11 was especially salient for me when I started dancing tango. Though I'm fairly certain I would have eventually been bitten, the fact that more advanced dancers just happened to attend my first 3 or 4 classes made a huge difference in understanding what could be possible with tango, having a tango "high", wanting to return immediately for MORE. (In fact, it strikes me as odd now when I attend beginner classes comprised entirely of beginners). #2, or a version of it, was also helpful. Local instructors hold practicas that, at least when I was attending regularly, had a social, milonga-like feel, but not so intimidating as an actual milonga. #11 was especially salient for me when I started dancing tango. Though I’m fairly certain I would have eventually been bitten, the fact that more advanced dancers just happened to attend my first 3 or 4 classes made a huge difference in understanding what could be possible with tango, having a tango “high”, wanting to return immediately for MORE. (In fact, it strikes me as odd now when I attend beginner classes comprised entirely of beginners).

#2, or a version of it, was also helpful. Local instructors hold practicas that, at least when I was attending regularly, had a social, milonga-like feel, but not so intimidating as an actual milonga.

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