Myk Chicho is definitely NOT using his arms in this clip. It is often misconstrued when people use arms and when they don't. Keeping ones frame is different to using the arms independent of the frame which would then be 'using the arms'.
Whilst visually different and feeling different, I can't stress this enough, but the leading is the same. Very hard for most salon/close embrace dancers to understand as they rarely get enough time/skill to lead correctly when open. Like anything, it takes practice. Watch Chicho when he is doing close embrace or salon as well which he regularly performs. Note that the hand in both close/salon and then in open stays roughly the same distance in front and to the side, hence, NOT pushing or pulling. :-) Damian 2009/2/10 Myk Dowling <[email protected]> > > Sergio Vandekier wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2bEPOvOp9c&feature=PlayList&p=642FCECA51E2D428&playnext=1&index=6 > > Chicho - Nuevo Tango - Open embrace > > He's really leading with his arms in this. There's hardly any chest > connection. It really is a quite different dance, isn't it? > > Myk > in Canberra > _______________________________________________ > 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
