[Tango-L] Leading Cross

[Keith]

Huck,

I agree that it's rare to walk outside partner's left side in anything other than crossed feet, but, so what?

When I walk a woman to the cross, i.e. outside partner right side, I'm also usually in crossed feet, but I don't block the cross.
I merely keep my right foot to the left to permit the cross.

Keith, HK

 On Sat Aug 25  2:57 , Huck Kennedy  sent:

>Igor Polk ipolk at virtuar.com> writes:
>> 
>> Hm.. Why dance not leading cross when it is so pleasant
>> to lead it and to be lead to it!?
>> 
>> One reason is probably those who do not lead cross just
>> do not know how to do it.
>> 
>> I remember - in 6 month of everyday lessons not a single soul
>> (even some local Argentineans) was able to tell me logically
>> how to lead cross.
>
>     Maybe because the majority of Argentines believe
>the cross is automatic (meaning, following the code
>of the grapevine, as Manuel mentioned) when walking
>"outside partner" (to borrow a ballroom term) on the
>right side, unless the cross is explicitly blocked?
>
>     Also, someone asked why then this does not happen
>automatically on the left.  First of all, I would submit
>that nobody in their right (no pun intended) mind ever
>sets off merrily strolling along outside partner on the
>left side in parallel feet, at least not in a social
>setting, and if you're in crossed feet, you're typically
>not really outside partner, but rather working in
>a three-track system, as it were, and thus blocking the
>cross.
>
>Huck
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