Re: [TANGO-L] outdoor dancing

[Jai Jeffryes <doktordogg @YAHOO.COM>]

--- Bibib Wong <bibibwong @HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Is it fair to say that the leads' part, by nature,
> may not deploy as much
> pivots as the ladies'?  I felt that the leads might
> be stamping away while
> being carried away with the beautiful ambiance,
> without realizing the
> potential injury for the followers.

The leader's part has a lot less pivoting than the
follower's.  This is a fundamental difference in the
two parts' vocabulary of movement.  This is why men
have to put a lot of extra practice to achieve halfway
decent pivots when they do need them (and back steps
which we also do a lot less of than followers do).

I think it's always appropriate to address issues of
safety with any partner.  Usually I say that when
dancing, shut up.  Nobody needs a lesson at a milonga.

(I doubt any man who ever told a partner what to do
has ever read this on the list and changed his mind
about it.  The dancefloor teachers cavil about it and
ask if this includes "coaching".  Yes, it does... just
shut up already.)

I consider safety an exception to the
shut-up-and-dance rule.  Nobody's well-being needs to
be jeopardized.  It is always correct to address
issues of safety.  If your knees are getting hurt, or
you're gonna be dropped, or your gonna be kneed in a
soft spot, it's always correct to speak up.
Hopefully, it's fair to give your partner the benefit
of the doubt that he or she didn't intend to put you
in danger, so the problem can be addressed calmly.

No, this doesn't include a sore neck from getting
leaned on, or mussed up hair.

Jai


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