I know it must be difficult to constantly try to find new ways to sell classes
and workshops but when it comes to musicality we as consumers should be weary
of language that treats the subject like a math equation. To over
intellectualize is to tear the music apart. Deconstructing it from an
Thank you Cammie. On the 8th response to the original query, someone has
finally mentioned the pivot before the lady's forward step. Of
course the unwind must be led before any forward or side step is led. And the
unwind is led by a body turn to the left. For a Forward
Ocho, this would also inc
Marking the woman to come forward while she is not 'unwound' = she
will lean but cannot step.
Unless she has 'learnt' that she must unwind herself
my 2c
Gary
On 15/11/2007, at 10:44 AM, Igor Polk wrote:
> Interesting..
>
> I'll try to lead the forward step without "unwind" and see what
As a follower, I have never uncrossed myself, nor heard that suggested in
any class I have ever taken.
However, a very common problem for followers is when leaders try to lead
them into a front ocho from the cross without inviting the follower to pivot
first. It is extremely awkward being lead in
Interesting..
I'll try to lead the forward step without "unwind" and see what happens.
Great idea, worth to try, thank you!
Igor.
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If I am going to lead a forward or side step out of a cross I should lead the
unwind. You can feel the woman is in the cross in close embrace so I think this
should happen naturally anyway. Here is my wife's views:
I think there is plenty of time to unwind when it a side or forward step is led
Steve:
As I completed my post, what you wrote below dawned on me ... eventually (as
more responses come in) I expect the majority to say that the uncrossing
should be led ... or not led (led to "stay" crossed if you will) ...
depending on the multitude of possibilities, the individual dancers, the
Alex:
"When her right foot is crossed behind, it makes a forward or side step
awkward if not impossible, and the only option is a back step (for her)."
I'd have to disagree with this statement, but it depends to a large amount
on how well your partner, and you dance. Her right leg, whic
>(not "unwinding")...or should she "unwind" (uncross) her right foot
>My personal opinion is that unwinding/uncrossing, executed in a certain way,
>can be much more aesthetically pleasing...
>no time to unwind
>"led" unwinding options...
>should a follower unwind on her own or not?
Alex
P.S. No
Would it be fair to say that the level of dancing of the foreigners in he BsAs
milongas is higher than in the milongas of their country of origin? I mean to
say that perhaps a lot of folks who go to BsAs for tango might be the more
dedicated and skilled of tango dancers from the general tango p
I like this question.
And like most questions about followers' choice, it depends mostly upon the
music.
Robin
>
> What's the general consensus...after leading a follower to the cross (with a
> juicy pause immediately after the cross)...and transferring her weight to
> her left foot...shoul
"My estimate of foreigners at Nino Bien last Thursday was 95%."
Huh...I was there for the month of October. Went to Nino Bien almost every
Thursday. And each time, it was only one foreigner I danced with (and the
foreigner was a wonderful dancer from Italy who was very popular with the
Argenti
What's the general consensus...after leading a follower to the cross (with a
juicy pause immediately after the cross)...and transferring her weight to
her left foot...should she keep her right foot behind (in the crossed
postion) (not "unwinding")...or should she "unwind" (uncross) her right foot
a
My estimate of foreigners at Nino Bien last Thursday was 95%. I didn't go
around the room and count the portenos. I merely observed the dancing and
didn't see very many locals. I have lived here almost nine years and know
the portenos from the foreigners.
I remember when the portenos outnumbere
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