Re: [Tango-L] Urban Myth line of dance (in BsAs)

2010-01-13 Thread RonTango
Boogie, Re-read carefully what I wrote. Everything you say below agrees with what I said. My point was that the progression is not linear, as in walking forward in a straight line, but rather a forward progressing spiral, counterclockwise with respect to the progression on the floor, but accomp

[Tango-L] Urban Myth line of dance (in BsAs)

2010-01-13 Thread hbboogie1
Ron writes: Although it serves as a linguistic convenience, technically there is rarely a 'line of dance' in Buenos Aires milongas, in the sense that couples are progressing in a linear manner, moving forward counterclockwise in concentric rings around the floor Ron the Urban Myth isn't

[Tango-L] Urban Myth: The 'Line' of Dance (in Buenos Aires)

2010-01-13 Thread RonTango
Although it serves as a linguistic convenience, technically there is rarely a 'line of dance' in Buenos Aires milongas, in the sense that couples are progressing in a linear manner, moving forward counterclockwise in concentric rings around the floor. First of all, despite some verbiage allocate

Re: [Tango-L] Maintaining LOD

2010-01-13 Thread Alexis Cousein
hbboog...@aol.com wrote: > > Well put Charles in a perfect world we would maintain the LOD but in the > US I’ve only seen it happen in perfect conditions and it only lasted a short > time. I spend a lot of time watching and the one thing that seems to screw > up the movement of the floor the