> > My "frame" is always "locked" -- I dance in close embrace. > > > > B (close embrace) does not imply A (the frame is locked).
While it might be true statement in the way you perceive close embrace dancing, I was writing from experience about my own dancing style (that is why I used that adjective in the sentence). My embrace begins at chest level, it is always locked (with good followers). Apparently your style is different, and it's OK. > If (or I should say when) the frame is really locked, it is impossible > for you to do a weight change and for your partner to do none... etc. I do it all the time, when I do the cross, and the follower doesn't. Thousands of dancers are doing that as well. If I were to see your video, I might be able to point out to you, when you are doing this. -- Oleh Kovalchuke, not surprised Argentine Tango : Connection, Balance, Rhythm http://tangospring.com <If I have seen, it is by referring to my own experience> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Alexis Cousein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oleh Kovalchuke wrote: > > 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. > > > > B (close embrace) does not imply A (the frame is locked). > > If (or I should say when) the frame is really locked, it is impossible > for you to do a weight change and for your partner to do none; > by definition: a weight change means moving your centre of gravity > relative to your support points, and if the frame is locked, by > definition you can't have one person doing it and the other not. > > Even in close embrace (and fully apilado), you'd be surprised at the > number of degrees of freedom there still are. Well, actually, you > wouldn't, given that you seem to be able to shift your weight without > shifting that of your partner. > > > > > -- > Alexis Cousein [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Senior Systems Engineer/Solutions Architect SGI/Silicon Graphics > -- > <If I have seen further, it is by standing on reference manuals> > > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
