Excellent post by Joe! Additional (lengthy) comments below.
Joe Grohens wrote:
The meaning of words is developed socially. In tango it is commonplace
to find different people using the same words to mean very different
things.
This is very true, and the salient point of the recent
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
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
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Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Open/crossed step uses?
Sacadas
Larry,
Sacadas are another good example of the usefulness of the open/cross
system understanding. Walking outside partner on the right or left sides,
I can always do a Sacada on the lady's trailing leg. But the Sacadas and
their results will be very different depending on whether mine or my
Jack Dylan wrote I [took] some time and trouble to explain
[the difference between an 'open' step and a 'crossed' step] but
received no feedback. I hope you found my comments useful.
They were useful. Thanks!
Part of the difficulty understanding what open and crossed mean is the
Larry wrote:
I suspect their system [crossed vs open]is good for thinking up new
ways of doing movements, but not for improvising them while dancing.
I beg to differ. Generally, I can not tell you which (right or left) foot my
follow is on, but I try to NEVER loose track of
our body
