[Tango-L] Chicken Little

[Robin Tara]

Gee, you guys sure have a lot to say about women's hip movements. What about
your own hips??




> From: steve pastor <tang0man2005 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:21:23 -0800 (PST)
> To: David Hodgson <DHodgson at tangolabyrinth.com>, Tango L list
> <Tango-L at mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Chicken Little
> 
> Oh, but, David, I have a friend who used to dance professionally in musicals.
> She was often
>   required to affect the sexy looking, exaggerated hip movement like those
> runway models 
>   (think "Sweet Charity"). It got to the point that she could barely walk due
> to problems with 
>   her back. She had to quit dancing, So, the exaggerated hip movement is not
> very kind to the 
>   human body. And, shall we say, not biomechanically correct.
>   While taking salsa lessons I learned that the hip motion we associate with
> that dance 
>   hapens when you step a certain way. Your pelvis drops automatically. Women
> in the class 
>   asked if they weren't supposed to be wiggling their hips. The answer was no.
> Your hips will 
>   move correctly if you step correctly.
> Just another example of someone observing something, and successfully
> recreating the 
>   look of the thing, rather than the essence of it.
> 
>  
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