Barbra: It's really 6. I forgot one. 1) Walking 2) Ocho Cortado 3) Molinete to the man's left 4) Molinete to the man's right 5) Back ocho 6) Boleo
The Argentines feel they don't have anything to prove and don't need more elaborate figures north americans feel they need to be successful on the floor. Federal government in Washington closed tomorrow. Thanks a million, taxpayers. That's really another $100 million, $300 million for the three days. Michael I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbra" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Rate of movement on crowded floors okay, I'll bite - which 5 figures.....??? -----Original Message----- From: Michael <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Rate of movement on crowded floors > Based on the milongas I attended in BA, the main difference is the > Argentines dance in close embrace but there is a lot of open embrace in > the > States, which takes up much more room, leaving less dance space. Also, > Argentines only know five figures, and they are content. They don't use > figures that stop the line of dance. _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
