Jack Dylan wrote: > David, > > Nice find! Thank goodness we now have a voice that people might listen to :-) > > Or maybe not. Who wants to be the first to tell us that Gavito got it wrong? > As a serial contrarian, I might want to point out that interpreting gospels in the correct context is fraught with danger, that literal interpretations are not always the most correct, and that taking statements out of the context in which they're uttered can be extremely misleading. If someone asks me if you have to lead the cross, I've been known to utter very similar things.
Of course you lead everything. I'm a bit tired of people insinuating that if you actually listen to responses by the follower, you're "not leading". That's a straw man's argument - you do lead everything that *you* plan to happen in a dance - including, indeed, if you want to make the lady blink (or collect slowly, or make an adorno, or pause oh-so slightly and restart *just* behind the beat,...). The point is: if the woman decides not to blink despite Gavito's lead, what does he *then* do? Run away screaming? And is she ever wrong if she decides not to blink, even if she's *not* dancing with Gavito? _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l