I am visiting San Francisco and got to Gabriel Missé's (
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/arts/dance/11tango.html ) workshop
He was saying that leading with the chest is a later invention and
that old milongeros used the right hand lead.
If you press the right palm down, that's a signal for the
From: Sergey Kazachenko syarz...@gmail.com
I am visiting San Francisco and got to Gabriel Missé's (
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/arts/dance/11tango.html ) workshop
He was saying that leading with the chest is a later invention and
that old milongeros used the right hand lead.
I've
I've been the victim of that many times. It's rather unpleasant. It was still
being taught in the 90's, but I'm glad that it's gone out of fashion.
It's useful to remember that the women way back when didn't take classes like
the women today. The attitude of the man was that the women didn't
My very first Argentine instructor that came to Portland in 98 (Manuel
Ortiz - haven't heard from him since) taught right hand lead. I'm with
Trini others that I'm glad it's out of fashion as an emphasis or
core principle. That said, I also agree with Sergio (I think) that said
that, when
Oh my aching back!
Without taking anything away from those great older dancers, it is
more pleasant to dance with a partner who has good technique.
Tango is a social dance, and Sergio is correct that there are many
techniques. But the hand technique mentioned can be quite harsh and
