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Topics of the day:

  1. my first class - follower's role
  2. TANGOkinesis




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Date:    Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:11:00 +0100
From:    Garrit Fleischmann <fleischm @STUD.UNI-FRANKFURT.DE>
Subject: Re: my first class - follower's role

> Date:    Sat, 9 Oct 1999 17:50:31 +0200
> From:    emanuela <grecu @NOVARA.ALPCOM.IT>
> Subject: my first class - follower's role



Hello Emanuela,

thanks for your first time posting, most of the discussions here come
from the "old" tango folks, and it's allways good to have fresh
ideas and questions.


[....]
> on my feet position exp. So it seemed to me that the leader has power,
> and the follower must be perfect.
[....]
> I hope I will learn soon some "indipendent" steps !

Well, that's not my idea of leading and following. The leader should never
use physical power to lead, you can even lead/follow without touching each other.

Leading is an invitation for the follower to do a movement, and the follower
allways does this movement by him/herself.
After indicating the follower what kind of movement he wants to do (walking, stopping,
change of weight, turning or whatever), the leader waits for the follwer to start
with the movement, and in this moment, the leader follows the follwer till the end
of this single movement. Then again, the leader initiates another movement, waits
for the follower to start and then follows himself again.

It means that both, leader and follower have allways to "listen" to the movements
of the partner.

The leader is not forcing the follower to move, but invites the follower to do a movement.

And if he waits for the follower to start the movement, and the follower misunderstood the
lead (which might not have been clear enough), then the leader can react and join
the follower in this single movement.

It's a great way of really dancing together, and enjoying it. It's also a good way
to compensate misunderstandings in leading and following. And you won't feel the
need to do "independent" steps, because you will get the best feeling when the
communication is flowing smoothly between the partners in the couple.

I myself started to learn Tango as a leader, but I also enjoy very much following from
time to time.

If you don't like the leassons by that specific teacher, please don't blame the
Tango for it. :-)
Just change the teacher!

Enjoy the Tango,

Garrit






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Date:    Thu, 14 Oct 1999 13:24:18 -0700
From:    Mike Hamilton <mikeh @MPL.UCSD.EDU>
Subject: TANGOkinesis

Dear List,

I want to bring to your attention the currently touring show
TANGOkinesis.  It ran last night in San Diego.  It absolutely took my
breath away and brought tears to my eyes.  The dancers took tango
movement to a whole new level, applying their incredible strength and
ballet-like control to the tango.  The music was a mix of tango as
well as some powerful modern and classical pieces.  Everything was
excellent.  If you have a choice to see this show or any other, this
is the one to see.

I have posted another review and their tour schedule on a web page
(these are also on the tango-l archives somewhere as well).

http://www.tangosandiego.com/tangokinesis.html

Please take a look at it and SEE THIS SHOW if it comes anywhere near
you. It's absolutely amazing.  Bring flowers to throw up on stage at
the end.  You'll want them.

Sincerely,
Michael Hamilton

No financial interest beyond wanting to see a great show succeed
entirely.





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