our bodies react with this split second response system in many scenarios: just note how fast the fight or flight response system operates reacting to a menacing situation. In tango, the invitation is the notion of a suggestion, of the creating of space, a vacuum, where the woman, if properly trained, will move or flow into. I think it is talked about this way to draw a distinction between inviting versus pushing, shoving or pulling a woman into a direction. It is a sort of stimulus/response dialogue where ,when two bodies are well-trained, the illusion is that it is almost simultaneous. It is also that notion embraced by Gavito...that the man leads the woman away from the postion he next wants to occupy. When first learning tango, as in learning a foreign language, the movements seem slow and disconnected, but with time,practice and training, the links and connections appear to create flow....sherrie
-----Original Message----- From: Anton Stanley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 7:07 pm Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Tango Invitation or simply a lead I'm familiar with kinaesthesia. But I don't think it's applicable to explaining the concept of "invitation & acceptance" in the parlance of tango. Sub-conscious agreements is not I believe what is being alluded to in describing the lead & follow roles of the dance. If it is, it's not really relevant in a tutorial sense, as it's an unconscious response, and I believe, requires deep seated imprinting to be reliably reproduced. Anton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris John Jordan Sent: Wednesday, 2 February 2011 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Tango-L; chrisjj Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Tango Invitation or simply a lead Anton > Can it really be true that the inviter invites his partner to take a step or > make a movement, waits while the invitee considers the request, then waits > for the invitee to begin to execute the request and follows invitee to the > successful or not, conclusion of the invitation. The decision making > component of this process is supposed to happen within a few milliseconds. It is certainly true, except there's no consider or decision. The process is autonomic, unconscious. It happens through the kinesthetic coupling of the embrace. > Yet many of us would have difficulty choosing which bread to take off the supermarket > shelves within the same timeframe. Because that's done with a different kind of process - conscious thought. Chris.(www.chrisjj.com) _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
