Astrid wrote: "The man to who this happens probably also does not know how to lead ochos with his chest instead of his hand, otherwise he could easily stop her movement."
Not so simple. The followers who go on auto pilot ochos are invariably beginners who do not wish to dance in close embrace, insisting on an open "student" frame like the one in the class they just took. In that open embrace, it is easier for the unskilled follower to ignore the man's torso. If I know beforehand, I do not invite followers that can only dance in open embrace. ( Of course I am not talking here about followers who are skilled enough to vary from close to open, or are skilled in more elastic embraces used in nuevo ). Sometimes I dont know beforehand, and get stuck. Only once, in 10 years of dancing, I bailed out early. I was having a bad night. Cranky as can be. I invited an unknown follow, and at the initial embrace she said "I only dance open." I said, "that's a shame, I only dance Tango," and we parted ways. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l