Manuel, In that case, why does the woman's front cross only happen when the man is walking outside partner on the right side? Why doesn't it happen [inevitably] during a left side walk?
IMHO the woman's left foot front cross, during her backward walk, outside partner on the right side, has nothing to do with the Giro [as much as I respect Gustavo]. It simply changes the partners' positions from outside to in-line. That's all it's for. Keith, HK On Fri Aug 24 10:42 , WHITE 95 R sent: > >Sorry folks, I should have said that one need not lead a front cross as >opposed to a >back cross after an open or side step. Obviously the man is leading the woman >to take each >and every step, but it's her responsability to follow the code of the tango. >Once the firts step >of a giro has been led, (direction and motion) the other steps come in a >prescribed sequence. > >Manuel > > >visit our webpage >www.tango-rio.com ----------------------------------------> From: [EMAIL >PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 >22:25:45 -0400> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Expanding social dancing to exhibition >level?>>>> The automatic crossing was what I found a little curious.>> When I >started tango many moons ago, automatically crossing>> was the norm. In the >States it is not for the most part.>> However, Jon indicated that in BsAs, it >was still the norm.>> Any comments about this?>> Trini,>> Many very respected >teachers have taught me the same thing.> The tango has a code which is that >the woman dances around the man with the> grapevine pattern (open, cross >front. open, cross back, etc.). when the man steps> outside of the line, he >becomes the center of the circle. In the typical sacada of the> 8CB, the woman >begins her giro with a side step to the right. Since the man> is going forward >along the LOD, the nest step is obviously a back step. The next s! t! > ep> is an open or side step but since the man is guiding the woman along the > LOD, it> looks and acts like another back step. It is not, it's an open > step... If one obeys the code,> the next step of the woman is a front > cross...... It's inevitable, the cross at the 5th step> of the woman is the > logical sequence of the molinete or giro.>> For some reason, the Americans > have mystified the front cross and many teachers> teach all kinds of crazy > contortions to cause the front cross and they also teach that> the front > cross must be led in some mysterious way or the woman will just continue > walking> backwards without crossing. This is wrong, it would be like having > to lead every crossed and open> steps of the giro and that's obviously not > the case.>> Regards,>> Manuel> > _______________________________________________> Tango-L mailing list> > [email protected]> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l >_______________________________________________ >Tango-L mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
