Re: [Tango-L] front ochos or crosses in close embrace?

2008-09-25 Thread Bruce Stephens
Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am focusing on the front crosses or front ochos however they are > called in close embrace. > Viz: Eduardo Masci and Maria are doing a lot of them here: > http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=jdbpjesqFpI > They are not easy but anyone having a suggestion or seei

Re: [Tango-L] Nuevo lead and follow and repressed teaching

2008-07-28 Thread Bruce Stephens
"Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > But the newer women still don't go. They think that because they > know some steps, they don't need to take the lessons where they can > really work on their technique. Maybe they don't need to go to classes/lessons. Maybe they're a

Re: [Tango-L] Do I have to invent every step of the dance, even her's ???

2008-04-03 Thread Bruce Stephens
Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > the last class I took in December was billed as a class to learn; > floor navigation, musicality and connectivityit cost me $100 > and the teacher's idea of musicality was to call out the steps > during a song and everyone perform them basic 8

Re: [Tango-L] I wanna buy a tango book

2007-12-03 Thread Bruce Stephens
I think Christine Denniston's recently published book ("The meaning of Tango: The Story of the Argentinian Dance") is good. (It also contains some technique, but more discussion of the technique and why it is the way that it is, rather than in an attempt to teach someone that technique.) (She's h

Re: [Tango-L] Firpo Waltzes

2007-11-28 Thread Bruce Stephens
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I recently lost one of my favorite CDs I picked up in Bs. As., "Roberto Firpo > y su cuarteto, Tangos y Valsecitos" on the Reliquias series from EMI/DBN. One > side is tangos, the other is all waltzes. They are some of the most beautiful > tango waltzes ever recorded

Re: [Tango-L] Strong Lead - resistance effect

2007-09-25 Thread Bruce Stephens
"Chris, UK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > Not in Newton's. Momentum is something only moving objects have. What > stationary objects (and arguably moving objects too) have is inertia. A stationary object surely has a momentum of zero? And yes, surely moving objects have inertia: The