Tango For Her wrote: > 1b. I believe that, most of the time, we as leaders, > determine a direction and feel for a movement and use > cues to suggest that our follower begins her movement. > Then, we move in concert through that movement, > generally, desiring to not get ahead of her through > that movement, unless the move calls for "getting > ahead of the follower".
If taken like that, all leads should be suggested leads. But it's more than just "suggestion". The way you suggest is by moving where you want to move to. Then you encounter resistance (or rather, the inertia of the follower) and the rest is indeed movement in concert. There's nothing artificial yuo have to "do" to suggest. It's all a matter of timing and of finesse. But I still think it's dangerous to overemphasize this "suggestive" aspect. I see lots of suggested leads that are not suggestions at all, but an invitation to guessing. I also think that these finer points can only be learnt over the years. It's certainly not beginner's stuff. > Thus, the three stages of a step as > presented in many classes: I suggest, she steps, I > step. It's again a dangerous way to present things; there's no such thing as three discrete steps following each other. Even within a step, there is a continuous play of suggestion and listening whether the follower actually accepts the invitations; the most obvious example is how much room you're leaving for the follower to fill. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
