Hello, Thank you for your answers on time signatures. It seems to me that is a complicated musical issue, so Ill just focus on dancing. Since I have been reading posts on tango l for days let me just say it is a great experience to learn from those about everything connected to tango. And I apologize for my English, it is not very good. I have been dancing tango for over two years now and just love music, motions, embrace, artistic expression and different styles everything about it. Now I have a question about different ways to lead from parallel to cross system? Maybe its a good idea to explain my experience about it using the example of 8-count basic figure with a change at step 2 for a leader. First way I lead it was keeping the upper part of the body still while changing foot at 2, so that follower will feel the weight change but not respond to it since she follows the movements of leaders torso. Second way used was keeping the entire body as a whole (so naturally when I do the weight change at 2 followers understand it as a signal to transfer weight at 2 with me) and not giving the follower time to transfer weight but quickly leading the next step. Third way was lifting the left side of followers torso slightly so she could understand not to change at 2. For lifting I used breathing and/or leaning my body slightly to left. Fourth way was to lose contact with follower with my right arm (and with my torso if we danced in chest contact) so only contact that remained was one with my left hand and her right hand. Then, making my left arm not in firm position with my torso I could move my body without transferring energy of motion to follower. Could you share some thoughts about this from your experience? Which way you consider best and why? If none, which one it is? Which way is more appropriate for social dancing and which one for competitions? Are there any other ways of doing this? Should I use one way when music is fast, and another one when it is slow?
All the best Z.
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