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

[Krasimir Stoyanov]

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From: "WHITE 95 R" <white95r at hotmail.com>
To: "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos at yahoo.com>; "Tango-L" 
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Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 5:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Expanding social dancing to exhibition level?


> 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.

Obviously? Not so, it is possible and even advisable to lead every step in a 
giro - the results are very promising.