> "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> They can't pivot if
> they can't twist while balanced on one foot.Chris replied: > More nonsense.
> What makes the pivot easy in the dance is that she has the > guy to twist
> against. Take him away and make her balance on one foot, and > pivoting
> becomes ten times harder.----------------------- A recent advanced class with
> Alex Krebs identified two different types of embrace, with completely
> different results in enabling the woman's pivot. In one, the embrace is firm,
> and this is what Chris is assuming, as she indeed has her leader to twist
> against, to provide the counter torque. But Chris, this is not the only
> possible embrace. In a very loose embrace, the woman must indeed pivot on her
> own power. And you're right, it is "ten times harder," mostly because it
> requires excellent balance, proving the validity of Trini/Sean's statement.
> OTOH, the statement is a little absolute to be completely true IMO, but what
> I believe IS completely true is that the better they can twist while balanced
> on one foot, the easier they can pivot, regardless of how much or how little
> they're using their leader to provide the torque power (since embraces are
> usually somewhere in between the idealized extremes of "firm" and "loose.")
J
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