Re: [TANGO-L] Tango Dialects

[Clint Rauscher <clint @axialpartners.com>]

Hi Daniel,

This email came in as I was responding to the earlier.

> For example ,my mother ,does not know the basic 8
> patern and she shall not collect in front on the man
> indication...instead she will pivot to take a forward
> left foot step in a half ocho way at that moment...to
> continue with any other ,perhaps giro or linear.

This is exactly my point.. your mother is following her leader.. if her
leader did not ask for a cross then she will collect with her feet side by
side and be ready for the next movement. I would argue that even the weight
change at the end of the cross is lead. You could lead a follow to cross but
not take weight on her left foot and then swing it out.. her putting weight
on her left foot (the foot crossing in front) would come from her sense of
you settling onto your right foot at the end of leading the cross. Now this
is very difficult.. most all follows will go ahead and put that left foot
down if you lead the cross which I would not argue with.. that is what you
would want 99% of the time, but technically they should weight for a weight
change from you before they change their weight.

Going back to the first email when you spoke of the old milongueros not
leading the cross.. I have seen teachers not teach leading the cross in the
chest.. but noticed that they do indeed do that. It is very slight and
because they have been leading so long they can do it and not know that they
are doing it. Then the leaders in their class try leading it flat because
that is what it looked like the teacher was doing, when in fact the leader
was leading it with their chest if you look very very closely.

Clint