I had found something like that too in my lead - but I would go to a cross when I couldn't think of anything to do......then I went to a milonga and just challenged my self to leave crosses completely out of my dance that night. It forced me to be more mindful - I felt a lot better throughout the dancing, received alot of good feedback from the followers I danced with (actually, one of them was very pushy about getting her turn to dance with me :) ), and another lead, a man, noticing i was doing something different, watched me all night to figure out exactly what I was doing :)
Have you joined the Buffalo Argentine Tango Society Yahoo! group yet? It's easy, and the best way to make sure you know what we're doing and what's going on with the Argentine tango in and around Buffalo......go to www.yahoo.com > select Groups > search for Buffalo Argentine Tango Society > follow the directions to join BATS_tango. Thanks! -----Original Message----- From: 'Mash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am getting frustrated with myself at the moment as I have discovered my first nasty Tango habit. I have found that when I am nervous my mind blanks itself of any variation in steps and defaults to the "paso basico." The worst thing about this is that I automatically resolve on eight totally ruining flow of the dance. I really wish I never learnt the damn pattern as I am really struggling to break out of it. The first thing I am trying to do to break this is to lead an "americana" (I believe that is what it is called when you resolve by leading a backwards ocho on your side step.) But personally I don't like to think in terms of "resolving" as I feel it creates unnecessary pauses in thought and dance. I just want to know if anyone knows any brain washing techniques to rid me of this? 'Mash London,UK _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
