It was the last Group Class of Taipei Tango Festival 2009. We have just learnt an exercise where the man does a lapiz & enrosque, while leading the woman to do front ochos with embellishment. After trying the movement out for several songs, the maestros asked us to gather around. A question was raised on how the pivot of the enrosque is initiated, and the maestro gave an interesting answer:
探戈節的最後一堂課，我們試著練習男生一邊帶著女生front ocho的同時，一邊要 lapiz 和 enrosque。在試了一些時間後，老師要我們圍一圈；有人提問如何enroque又要pivot，老師給了很特別的答案：
"We have come to this festival many times and have taught many classes. Through these experiences we have come up with an observation. Many years ago, it is a rare opportunity for people in Asia to learn from Argentinian maestros. During the festival, they watched with their eyes wide open at their teacher's demonstration, as if wanting to drill deep into their bodies from head to toe and feel for themselves how each and every movement is done. They are amazed and enthusiastic about the new steps they have learnt, and after the class they will practise the steps with the excitement of a little child playing with a new toy given to him. Now, the attitude is different. Students attend classes thinking the maetros will tell them everything. There is no urgency, no desire. All they want is the video of the demo at the end of the class as their souvenior. Then, they also start analyzing, thinking, complicating things, asking meaningless questions. No! Just look and STEAL."
「我們來探戈節很多次，也教了很多課。而這些經驗告訴了我們一些事。很多年前，人們很少有機會能跟阿根廷老師學習；探戈節時，在語言不通的狀況下，他們張大著眼看著老師的每一個動作，好像要潛入老師的身體，從頭到腳去感受這個動作每一個細微之處。他們對於正在學到的新東西又驚喜、又開心，而課後他們就像得到新玩具一般不斷的練習這些腳步。而現在，態度卻不一樣了。學生來上課，覺得老師會教所有的東西。沒有迫切感，沒有熱情，想要的就只是把課後示範錄下影片，帶回家後一個人藏起來，偷偷躲起來看。學生坐著聽課，開始分析、思考腳步，把它弄得更複雜，問一些沒意義的問題.... No! 就好好得看，並偷為己用。看，和偷！」
We are indeed living in a lucky tango generation. We register for Argentine maestro's classes as if they are surplus goods. We attend their classes to play, have fun, pass time, or just out of curiosity to check out how these maestros teach. If we unfortunately missed one class, no worries, there are plenty of teachers coming in the next few months. The thirst to learn and suck out everything we can from the maestros is diminishing with the availability of classes and youtube. Like all things, one needs to have the passion and desire to learn and the perserverance and patience to practise in order to improve in tango. The milongueros and milongueras back in the days have no teachers. They go to the milonga to observe night after night, and most have probably been through long periods of not receiving a single invitation during the milonga. The experienced will observe the green, and not until they are good enough that they will accept them as part of their group and be considered a milonguero. True, the tango society outside of Buenos Aires is a completely different story, but it is always an awakening to be reminded that it is in such harsh reality that true milongueros and milongueras were born.
我們的確生活在一個幸運的探戈世代。登記阿根廷大師的課，好像是多餘的商品。上課玩，玩得開心，打發時間，或者只是出於好奇來看看如何將這些大師教學。如果不小心錯過了一次課，不用擔心，有很多老師在接下的數個月過來。學習和吸取一切的渴望一直在減弱因為有老師很多，還有Youtube。像所有的事情，為了精進探戈，我們需要有激情、渴望來學習，毅力和耐心來練習。而在過去，探戈人milongueros/milongueras)沒有老師，他們一夜又一夜的到milonga觀察，大多數人可能已經好長一段時間在舞會裡沒有被邀舞過。經驗豐富的觀察終會讓春天降臨，直到他們夠好，其它的探戈人就會接受他們，並被視為探戈人。是的，布宜諾斯艾利斯外的探戈社會是一個完全不同的故事，但它始終是一個覺醒，提醒著在這種嚴峻的現實下，真正探戈人得已誕生。
--FyS
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