[Tango-L] Direction: Theorem #1

[Jay Rabe]

Jake, regarding your comment: "I'm asking if we can find something with More 
worth [than open-cross step definitions.] So how will you know when it has 
more worth? What do you value? What do you want to DO with the 
definitions/analysis?

For example, while it is curious to me and can be entertaining in a 
left-brain sort of way to debate various definitions of when a step is open 
or crossed or neither, what's the point? I'd love for someone to give me an 
example of how it can be helpful in learning, teaching, or dancing (which 
are the things I value) to know whether a given step is "open" or "crossed."

If the whole point is to use words to describe a step or sequence of steps 
(ie without doing a demonstration or drawing a picture), and you might want 
to say something like, "leader takes a right forward open step," then the 
real measure of worth IMO is whether that description is superior in any way 
to a definition based on for example Jeff Gaynor's proposal, which might 
describe the same step by saying, "leader takes a right step to 12:00." My 
personal opinion: it is not. I find Jeff's system completely adequate and 
unambiguous.

In addition, I really liked Jeff's analysis of possible ways of stepping, 
and the need to describe the differences between pivoting on one foot vs. 
twisting on two, and between stepping by lifting-placing vs. sliding the 
foot. I'd struggled with that too, and his is the first time I've seen it 
addressed  (Thanks, Jeff).

            J
            www.TangoMoments.com

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