I'm confused. I thought: Circular boleo - I rotate woman and then stop or reverse her rotation. Free leg continues to create boleo.
Circular contra-boleo - I initiate rotation and free leg remains behind creating boleo. If I understand correctly, her leg goes nowhere(!) in contra-boleo, just remains where it is, so it could not possibly hit anything. Now if at end of contra-boleo I stop her rotation with some energy, or reverse her direction, I have led a second boleo that is a regular circular boleo and leg could certainly hit something. But if I slow her down nicely, free leg just collects. I lead contra-boleo, not regular boleo, in crowded conditions because leg remains entirely within already occupied space and does not fly out into neighbors. For linear boleo, can not lead contra-boleo unless you essentially pick up woman and move her linearly through space leaving leg behind. Not easy and probably not pretty. Liner boleo appears to always require that woman is stepping and lead stops and free foot/leg continues. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l