[Tango-L] Expanding social dancing to exhibition level?

[Keith]

OK, I give up - Chris, if you don't want to listen or hear, or understand - then you won't.
I've wasted enough time on you and I suspect Manuel feels the same way.

Just one last word - I've never mentioned prescribed sequences - only one - the Giro. And it's one that
everyone in Tango understands - except you and possibly a handful of others.

And one more word - I would really love to see you leading a complicated Giro - for example, with a few 
double-times and a few Sacadas, maybe including a Barrida or a Planeo. And all the time you're leading 
front cross, opening. back cross, opening, front cross, etc etc. But I suspect I've gone way beyond your level.

And one more word - yes, the man leads each and every step of the Giro. But the lead for the Giro is the 
same regardless of which step is being made, because the woman knows the next step of a Giro. That's what
I mean, but I suspect you already knew that.

OK, that's my last word.

Keith, HK


 On Sun Aug 26 19:07 , "Chris, UK"  sent:

>> The man leads the Giro and the woman dances it. What
>> is so difficult to understand about that?
>
>The word "lead", for starters. I think it is agreed what it means in
>improvised tango, but in your world of prescribed sequences, not even
>the Prescribers themselves agree e.g.:
>
>Manuel: "Obviously the man is leading the woman to take each and every step"
>Keith: "leading every individual step of the Giro is BS"
>
>> Chris - do you actually know how to lead a Giro without having to lead
>> every individual step?
>
>Nope. I leave that to the weak leaders who rely on the girl doing
>the prescribed sequence.
>
>Chris
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