Tango Community
Maturity Levels of a Community
Homer Ladas describes different maturity levels a community can have as:[1]
1. One person is running/teaching tango, no conflicts, everyone joins in - like a big family
2. More than one person is teaching/hosting tango events but there still is a family attitude, no conflicts
3. Free/open market competition starts and it can be very aggressive & unfriendly in some cases...
4. The community is large and mature enough where folks co-exist even if they have multiple events on the same day/night and there usually remains some negativity floating around or erupting from time to time
5. There is a governing board or organization, or several schools trying to work together
6. There are national and international societies/organizations (like with professional engineering societies) that set standards, govern ethics, resolve conflict, provide health insurance, etc, and otherwise dictate what professional responsibilities are (this may take some time to arrive here but there are signs and interest!).