[Tango-L] To lead or not to lead

[Jake Spatz (TangoDC.com)]

Hey Nancy,

NANCY wrote:
> Hector at Nino Bien and Lo de Celia  starts a lead to
> a cross and then makes me do a small, tight boleo
> around my  own right foot.. using the momentum of my
> movement just as he would any other boleo.
If this involves, so to speak, only the "unwrapping" part of a boleo, 
you could also call it a simple enrosque. That's what I call it, anyway, 
when I lead these during back ochos by starting the pivot before the 
lady's leg has caught up. (To clarify: usually her free leg rides around 
"outside" her support during a pivot. If she's led to collect her free 
leg on the _other_ side, the "inside" of her support during a pivot, I 
call it an "enrosque." That, anyway, is what you can call it when the 
dude does it.)

(Perhaps a "behind" enrosque, as it travels behind the pivot.)

Some people do these without a lead, during ochos, as an embellishment-- 
albeit they tend to be kicky rather than silky. That, however, takes all 
the fun out of it for me.

In any case, ladies who cross automatically usually must undergo a small 
adjustment to make what Nancy speaks of (if I understand her right) 
available & expressive in their dance. And that adjustment amounts to, 
well, _not_ crossing automatically...

To do what I speak of, they have to not _pivot_ automatically. And not 
collect automatically.

Short version-- It gets more ticklish when you really follow.

Jake