[Tango-L] Energy -- Grabbing the Floor.

[Ming Mar]

Evan Wallace writes:
>The same argument can be made with the term "energy,"
>which is used all the time in dancing in ways that
>are so vague as to be, at best, completely useless,
>or, at worst, misleading.

When used by tango teachers from Argentina, "energy"
means tensing the muscles.


Neeraj Korde writes:
>2. Since evan brings out the topic of vague 
>exressions in tango teaching, can someone explain me
>what does 'Grabbing the floor' mean ?

It means curling your toes as if you were grabbing the
floor.  In as much as your toes are in your shoes, you
can't curl them much, but tensing the muscles in your
foot helps you avoid being pushed over.

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