[Tango-L] Womans' Front Cross (was Expanding social dancing to exhibition level?)

[Keith]

 Manuel,

 In that case, why does the woman's front cross only happen when the man is walking outside partner on the right side?
 Why doesn't it happen [inevitably] during a left side walk?

 IMHO the woman's left foot front cross, during her backward walk, outside partner on the right side, has nothing to do with 
 the Giro [as much as I respect Gustavo]. It simply changes the partners' positions from outside to in-line. That's all it's for.

 Keith, HK


 On Fri Aug 24 10:42 , WHITE 95 R  sent:

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>Sorry folks, I should have said that one need not lead a front cross as opposed to a 
>back cross after an open or side step. Obviously the man is leading the woman to take each 
>and every step, but it's her responsability to follow the code of the tango. Once the firts step 
>of a giro has been led, (direction and motion) the other steps come in a prescribed sequence.
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>Manuel
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>www.tango-rio.com ----------------------------------------> From: white95r at hotmail.com> To: patangos at yahoo.com; tango-l at mit.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:25:45 -0400> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Expanding social dancing to exhibition level?>>>> The automatic crossing was what I found a little curious.>> When I started tango many moons ago, automatically crossing>> was the norm. In the States it is not for the most part.>> However, Jon indicated that in BsAs, it was still the norm.>> Any comments about this?>> Trini,>> Many very respected teachers have taught me the same thing.> The tango has a code which is that the woman dances around the man with the> grapevine pattern (open, cross front. open, cross back, etc.). when the man steps> outside of the line, he becomes the center of the circle. In the typical sacada of the> 8CB, the woman begins her giro with a side step to the right. Since the man> is going forward along the LOD, the nest step is obviously a back step. The next st!
> ep> is an open or side step but since the man is guiding the woman along the LOD, it> looks and acts like another back step. It is not, it's an open step... If one obeys the code,> the next step of the woman is a front cross...... It's inevitable, the cross at the 5th step> of the woman is the logical sequence of the molinete or giro.>> For some reason, the Americans have mystified the front cross and many teachers> teach all kinds of crazy contortions to cause the front cross and they also teach that> the front cross must be led in some mysterious way or the woman will just continue walking> backwards without crossing. This is wrong, it would be like having to lead every crossed and open> steps of the giro and that's obviously not the case.>> Regards,>> Manuel> _______________________________________________> Tango-L mailing list> Tango-L at mit.edu> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
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