Alexis Cousein wrote: > Nobody is claiming that you necessarily lead a weight shift of the > follower through your own weight shift, except when the frame is locked > (i.e. when your axis and hers are moving in unison).
My "frame" is always "locked" -- I dance in close embrace. That does not mean that, when I shift my weight, the follower will do so too. Unless I move her axis, of course. My feet, on the other hand, can be decoupled (dissociated, in the common dance instructor parlance) from my chest. Thus "my weight shifting isn't a lead at all". Moving her axis is. Hence the word "balance" in my signature. Leader can also do the opposite: keep the weight on one foot and move her around without shifting his weight from that foot (at 3'37" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_60K2dAvGc ). Osvaldo Cartery does this all the time (I copied his step in this clip). -- Oleh Kovalchuke Argentine Tango : Connection, Balance, Rhythm http://tangospring.com _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
