Tony Rathburn wrote: > no alexis... you're right... you can't just stick your foot out and wait... > > but i can move my COG without moving my axis...
Your axis is by definition the line that connects your COG to your feet. But I suspect we're in violent agreement. You don't start to jolt your COG away in mid air without also making sure your foot is going to be able to support you, but you do already *start* the movement in the direction of the movement well before you have fully extended your foot, especially given that's the actual lead. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I've seen generations of dancers (including myself for at least a year or two) ruined because people described and thought "feet" when they stepped, completely ruining their natural ability to "simply walk" and turning them into bumbling analysing robots taking their first tentative few steps. You have to think you're moving the frame, and that the feet end up where they should to support you, simply because it's a more productive way of thinking. It lets you lead exactly when you must and emphasise the connection (and your feet will also tend to land anticipating the movement of the frame that you're planning in subsequent steps), and it promotes fluidity (whereas "steps" are discrete). It also removes the fear of stepping "into" your partner when that's exactly what you should be doing, because if you move a frame you know and are confident the other end of the frame moves as well. I frequently see leaders who can't do a decent giro because they simply don't completely step into the space they should, and it's because they think "foot" and the rest of the body moves over it much too late out of fear of occupying the space of the follower, whereas intruding into the space that the follower is occupying is actually part of the lead. Let your long life training in bipedal walking do the rest, you have enough other things to worry about. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
