[Tango-L] Leading with hands

[rtara]

I studied with Juan Bruno in the early '90's. I was tickled to discover that
he gave a little 'flick' with his hand to lead. He didn't teach it (or maybe
Daniel Trenner's translation protected us from this little trick). The thing
is, he didn't need to use it. His lead was perfect. What a delight he was.

Robin

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> From: "Chris, UK" <tl2 at chrisjj.com>
> Reply-To: <tl2 at chrisjj.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:12 +0100 (BST)
> To: <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Cc: <tl2 at chrisjj.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Leading with hands
> 
> Sergio Vandekier/Viejo Milonguero wrote:
> 
>> The only great dancer that I know that used his fingers on the back of the
>> woman to lead was ... [X] well known as a dancer and as a choreographer
>> (I know several stage dancers that took instruction from him) yet he
>> used his fingers on the back of [Y] to lead
> 
>> Should I say that [X] was wrong and the ones on this list criticizing
>> hand lead are right?
> 
> No, you should ask his girl. Did she enjoy him using his fingers on her back?
> 
> Then perhaps we can work out which of the following characteristics
> contributes to "great dancer". The three you identified:
> 
> a) well-known as a dancer
> b) well-known as a choreographer
> c) gives instruction to several stage dancers
> 
> and/or:
> 
> d) gives girls enjoyable dances.
> 
> Chris
> 
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