Hi Mario, If you've found these videos helpful to you, that's great. Personally, I thought he tended to move as a block and did not spiral his spine enough to show good contrabody. Perhaps it's just the way the camera shot it. Not being a big YouTube viewer, I'm sorry I couldn't find anything clearer for you specifically for leading. But videos of any of the really good tangueros show what it should look like.
A couple of pointers for you. - Spinal movements start with the head (one of the things I didn't see much in the few videos I watched). - In one video of a turn (I think it was the one you linked), he mentions keeping the hips still. In actuality, for contra-body, one needs to turn the hips in the opposite direction of the chest to keep the hips "still". Try it both ways (once actively turning the hips away and once not doing so) and you'll see what I mean. I'm assuming he might have talked about it in one of his videos and just didn't mention it for lack of time. Trini de Pittsburgh --- Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is 28 short videos by Carlos Escuena showing the > sophisticated/subtle moves > of the contra body during the Lead. This is the only > ones treating this subject that > I've been able to find... they are well worth > watching.. do you know of any others? > > http://www.youtube.com/user/carlosesquena > > > --------------------------------- > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l