Jean-Pierre Sighé writes in the following link -------> The Cruzada MUST be lead and not just assumed.
http://www.tangomagdalena.com/Newsletters/vol12_august08.html Actually ALL parts of a volcada combination must be lead. The volcada is just the extreme lean. Lean + amague/front boleo + cruzada is a popular combination, but it's only one of many that start with the lean. The dibujo ("that famous arc on the floor") during the amague/front boleo is an adorno. Like all women's adornos it is the woman's option to do it or not. If the man is hurrying the combination she will likely leave it off. The video accompanying Sighé's text is one of the best YouTube videos of several dozen I've seen which shows lots of volcada combinations, not only because of its video quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4n81J4zkyc The whole dance is a good example of how to dance with a lady new to a man. The very first volcada, near the beginning, is just a lean. She is tipped off balance, with weight forward of her toes, making it a true volcada. (The word comes from volcar - to upset, overturn, tip over or knock over.) And it is only a slight lean. This way the leader can tell if his partner can and will do a lean, rather than panicking and stepping forward with her free foot to regain her balance. Later on he does a more extreme lean but adds a zarandeo (shake, a twisting around the vertical axis). She adorns this by lifting her free foot so that she does almost a boleo to the left and the right. Another good example of a couple testing their mutual body language. There are many other volcada combinations, including a carousel, in the rest of the video. Good selection, Jean-Pierre Larry de Los Angeles ____________________________________________________________ Live the good life! Click now for great retirement planning assistance! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/Ioyw6iieke7kEnwQOFwALxT1s6avyrvAdM0MB9xFBgw5j67zoCxDvM/ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
