[Tango-L] Leading with hands

[Neil Liveakos]

The milongueros I see in Bs As lead with everything; All of their body
including their hands.
Gracias,
Neil


On 6/26/06, Alexis Cousein <al at sgi.com> wrote:
>
> Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote:
> > If so, how do you know that the man wasn't
> > using his hands "in an unperceptible way, unperceptible to
> > the follower and to the spectators."
>
> The way you're communicating is through your connection,
> and at least the leader's hand on the back of the woman
> is merely an extension of the arm in that connection.
> At least if you want to communicate clearly.
>
> Less is more.
>
> The more your arms and hands stay put
> relative to your chest, the more clear it is to lead
> "desde el alma". The more you're going to try to use
> your hands as autonomous agents, the more you'll hide
> your current position, orientation and intent to your
> partner, and that's exactly what you *don't* want.
>
> And believe me, even when the follower catches your drift,
> decoupling your hands from the rest of your body will also be
> making the timing of the movement of *her* body be
> dependent of the movement of your hands and not your body,
> too, making it well nigh impossible to move together in
> perfect harmony.
>
> --
> Alexis Cousein                                al at sgi.com
> Solutions Architect/Senior Systems Engineer   SGI
> --
> Bad grammar makes me [sic].
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Neil Liveakos
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