Ernest williams video does give an excellent insight to the "cross", if it is
lead or not.
As you can see the lead is essentially turning women's right shoulder away
sightly, then heading straight.
Now, when the man walks on the right of women this happens
naturally("automatically"), NO effort is required...just try it with ANY good
dancer.
However conscious effort is required to prevent crossing. This is is true no
matter which camp you belong to.
In close embrace lead is not obvious, but in Dani's video you can see he
stubbornly retains his shoulder position (as if he was directly in front of
her) while walking on the right of women preventing the cross.
I guess leaders from opposing 'lead or not to lead cross' camps do the
exactly the same thing...IMO...may be some exagarate the "lead" a bit more.
Cheers
IL
Sergio Vandekier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErmwG5IIe6k&feature=related (Dani "el flaco").
Earlier I had provided the following videos
Ernest williams the cross
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlrxF2DQTWE (he actively leads the cross), he is
an excellent dancer.
Dani, "El flaco" whom I have seen dancing...like many other milongueros can
dance in many different ways,
in the video you provided he starts with a salida without the cross, but later
on, he dances like Oscar casas and the rest of us:
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