Chris, Not sure I understand what you mean by "sacada" being a term of description rather than the name of a step. I always thought of a sacada as a step where one person displaces the foot (being lifted) of the other as they take a step. Surely there are many possible sacadas, so perhaps it would be better to say "sacada" is a category of steps, and you have to add more information to actually "name" a given step - "leader's right sacada on follower's trailing left foot as she does a right forward ocho." But how is this different than "ocho" as a name of a step, since there are likewise several different versions. Maybe we're playing with words, but if you could elaborate a bit on what you mean...
J > Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:55:00 +0100 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Tango-L@mit.edu > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Open/crossed step uses? > > > Sacadas are another good example of the usefulness of the open/cross > > system understanding. ... From this, you can easily work out how many > > different Sacadas are possible while walking outside partner, left or > > right side in crossed or parallel feet. > > Actually you can't. All you can work out is how many different sacadas are > possible in such a system of representation. And this tells you more about > the limitations of the system than it does about the possibilities in the > dance. > > Again, sacada is a term of description, not the name of a step. In real > dancing, there are countless different sacadas. These so-called systems > that reduce them to a small set of discrete step types serve only the > needs of the paint-by-numbers tango instructors. Dancers have no need for > them at all. > > -- > Chris > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _________________________________________________________________ Reveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live. http://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l