Re: [Tango-L] Following

2010-07-15 Thread Jack Dylan
From: WILL MORROW will...@msn.com Do followers who buy into this stereotypical concept not recognize it as an artificial performance standard based on (most of the time, their own) sub-standard expectation? Just as importantly, do instructors who buy into and teach it not recognize this

Re: [Tango-L] Following

2010-07-15 Thread Shahrukh Merchant
WILL MORROW will...@msn.com says: I begin by stating that I am new to Argentine Tango(3+ yrs). The humility is refreshing (I say this with no sarcasm intended at all), considering the increasing number of teachers who have been dancing for considerably less than that time. My first instructor

[Tango-L] Fw: One Follows Perspective

2010-07-15 Thread Toni Knight
I am a dancer and a musician. After reading the comments on this site the past months, I am inspired to speak my thoughts on the perfect lead. Touched By Tango Move me to the music. Let your heart pulse through mine with the beat of our life's thread. Every phrase tells a story, it asks a

Re: [Tango-L] Following

2010-07-15 Thread Sergey Kazachenko
Shahrukh, (notwithstanding the claim that tango is nothing more than walking -- that's only true once you're super-advanced) As one follower friend of mine said, it's walking while hugging - a HUGE difference :) Sergey ___ Tango-L mailing list

[Tango-L] Cruzada in other dances?

2010-07-15 Thread Sergey Kazachenko
Dear listmembers, especially those versed in ballroom and other dances, Does the cruzada position with the left foot crossed in front of the right one exist in other dances? Or is it unique to AT? Thank you, Sergey ___ Tango-L mailing list

Re: [Tango-L] Cruzada in other dances?

2010-07-15 Thread NANCY
Yes.  The cruzada is used in Cha cha and also in Viennese Waltz and is usually called a lock step.  It may be used in others, but it has been a while since my conversion by immersion to Argentine Tango. Nancy Dear listmembers, especially those versed in ballroom and other dances, Does the

Re: [Tango-L] Cruzada in other dances?

2010-07-15 Thread Huck Kennedy
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 3:23 PM, NANCY ningle_2...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes. The cruzada is used in Cha cha and also in Viennese Waltz and is usually called a lock step. It may be used in others, but it has been a while since my conversion by immersion to Argentine Tango. Ballroom

Re: [Tango-L] Cruzada in other dances?

2010-07-15 Thread Jack Dylan
I think probably all Ballroom dances use the 'cross' or Lock-Step. In addition to those already mentioned, also in Slow Waltz, Ballroom Tango, Paso Doble, Rumba. And, yes, they can be held or delayed. Perhaps not in the 'standard figures', but certainly in variations. Jack From: Huck