On Aug 8, 2008, at 12:00 AM, Jack Dylan wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: David Thorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> First few seconds. Liz is lead to spiral at the waist, her leg >> does float >> behind and then wraps around front, and then >> she is lead to settle onto her left foot. A front boleo??? A >> front ocho??? >> Simply a cross?? >> > > I'd say that Liz is dancing a small, low, Back Boleo because, as Tom > says, her free leg is floating behind. In a classical Front Ocho, > the man > would lead the lady to collect, prior to rotation. IMHO, leading the > change > of rotation prior to collection is what causes the free leg to swing > into a > Boleo. After the Boleo, Liz dances a nice cross.
"Collecting" i.e. stopping with her feet together will kill the boleo. The woman should do the opposite. She should NOT collect, she should "pass by close". _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
