Why “Social” Dancers are Killing Salsa
Does this apply to tango too? Food for thought, perhaps…
Purely social dancers have started pissing me off.
Let’s get something straight: Salsa IS a social activity. Most people who take it up do so to get out more and to meet new people. That’s one of the reasons I dance myself and I consider myself a social dancer (just not in the sense that I’m writing about here). Long story short, salsa needs to be enjoyed. Today, however, I’m gonna talk about a very different type of “Social” dancer!
There seems to be a natural progression amongst great salseros that goes a little something like this:
- They begin salsa without many expectations
- They enjoy the new activity and the new social outlet
- They improve and their improvement leads to greater enjoyment
- Greater enjoyment leads to greater desire to improve…
Great dancers continue to get better over time (in an ideal world of course, so in reality this never…
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TW wrote: “Does this apply to tango too?”
In that article the author criticises dancers who
“become content with their basic … level and see no need to improve. I call this the “Bah!” (Basic And Happy!) Cycle.
Yes I think tango, like salsa, has many such dancers. Just look around at a trad BA milonga.
And yes I think tango, like salsa, have many such critics. Just look around the people trying to earn a living from convincing dancers they should be unhappy to remain at the Happy level. And from selling dance classes.