Jeff, Thanks for the note, but no, I don't think it's bad posture on my part.
90% of the time I dance, I have no lower back issues whatsoever - when I dance with followers who know how to be responsible for their own axis/weight - even in close embrace. It's the 10% of followers who think that "it's the proper way to do it" (or don't know any better) - to "hang" their weight on the man's right shoulder - open or close. It's my supporting of that eccentric load on my shoulder that affects my back. Proper close embrace posture, as I have been taught, is this - if the couple is standing chest to chest (no embrace) - the leader should be able to step quickly to the side - with no danger of the follower losing her balance or falling forward. This posture results in the follower being responsible for her own axis/weight - transferring none of her weight to the leader. Perhaps you have not yet experienced a bona fide "hanger on" follower...it's truly unpleasant...I also find that in the wee hours of the morning, when followers are getting tired, that this leaning/hanging/resting becomes more prevalent... _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
