Re: [TANGO-L] let's find a new name insted of this silly old milonguero style thing (and what is what anyway?)

["kiaikido kidojo.it" <kiaikido @KIDOJO.IT>]

> Maybe someone could provide us with a list of those who tell the
> women to lean on the man so we can be forewarned. People are free to
> choose their style, but I personally hate it when a woman leans or
> hangs on me...it kills my back.<<

It is a difference between hanging on somebody or leaning on someone:
1) hanging...: this is pure Fitness-style and has nothing to do with dancing
2) leaning... : if the back of the male dancer hurts, this means that he did
not "counterlean" on his partner (please excuse my bad english-expressions),
I will try to explain it better: If somebody leans on You and you choose to
have a comon axis, you have to lean towards the person, creating an reversed
"V"  . If the axis is in the middle of the dancers there will be no wheight
on the dancer's back.... so please lean on the girls..!

another thing of course is that the lumbar part of the back should be more
or less straight (because of the reversed hips, which makes also the legs
straight and dancing more nicely). If the back is unnaturally curved or to
much curved, than the partner's pressure with stick there and make all hurt
terribly.

the best stragedy is: lean on the partner, but think yourself or your energy
going up, this prermits to lean on someone without weight (seems strange but
it works, maybe somebody can explain it better in english??)

patricia muller/Italy