Huck, I agree that it's rare to walk outside partner's left side in anything other than crossed feet, but, so what?
When I walk a woman to the cross, i.e. outside partner right side, I'm also usually in crossed feet, but I don't block the cross. I merely keep my right foot to the left to permit the cross. Keith, HK On Sat Aug 25 2:57 , Huck Kennedy sent: >Igor Polk [EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> Hm.. Why dance not leading cross when it is so pleasant >> to lead it and to be lead to it!? >> >> One reason is probably those who do not lead cross just >> do not know how to do it. >> >> I remember - in 6 month of everyday lessons not a single soul >> (even some local Argentineans) was able to tell me logically >> how to lead cross. > > Maybe because the majority of Argentines believe >the cross is automatic (meaning, following the code >of the grapevine, as Manuel mentioned) when walking >"outside partner" (to borrow a ballroom term) on the >right side, unless the cross is explicitly blocked? > > Also, someone asked why then this does not happen >automatically on the left. First of all, I would submit >that nobody in their right (no pun intended) mind ever >sets off merrily strolling along outside partner on the >left side in parallel feet, at least not in a social >setting, and if you're in crossed feet, you're typically >not really outside partner, but rather working in >a three-track system, as it were, and thus blocking the >cross. > >Huck >_______________________________________________ >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
