"Reining a wild horse" is what Daniel Trenner describes when he talks about
leading and following. The woman goes and the man stops her. She dances. He
puts himself in her dance. Hence, the use of hands to stop.
There's value to this way of thinking. I don't know how many times, I've
wished my partners (when I lead) would just friggin' go and not hesitate as if
they're afraid of making a mistake. If I'm lead by a good dancer, I can feel
him capture my energy for a dead stop when he wants it. To me his hands feel
like nothing, but he has to be using them when I'm going with a lot of energy
to move. I don't consider it following a stop. My intention is go go go. But
then suddenly, he stops me. And I'm wondering at times, how the heck did he do
that? Where did all that energy go? I can tell when it goes into the floor.
I don't feel stressed. Where did the energy go? He had to have absorbed it
through his hands.
Trini de Pittsburgh
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