[Tango-L] On Axis, Off Axis

[Igor Polk]

Continuing Jay's:
Another important thing about axis.
( am sure you know that, but just for the sake of completeness, someone has
to put it down here.. )

Essentially everyone who is standing and not falling is on their axis if you
take "verticality" as the main property of an axis.

But "Axis" means an imagery line to rotate around. Say a woman is standing
on a ball of her foot. If a man rotates her around it, two things happen:
she might rotate nicely as a one piece, it is very easy to rotate her, and
with high speed, and it is very pleasant. Or she is not slipping on the ball
of her foot: she is so soft that all energy is dissipated in her body, and
the movement becomes a mess. It might be impossible to lead her in any
rotational movement.

She does not have an axis, even though she stands vertically. She has to
have some tension in her body to keep her vertical and not twisting like her
upper part and low part does not have physical connection. It is easy to fix
for an experiment: ask her to put free foot behind the standing foot
crossing, and press them together. Some powder help. And she will obtain the
axis! Her imagery line become a real one! And her eyes become big!

Igor Polk