[Tango-L] Chicken Little

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

Caroline,

You might want to reconsider changing your walk admired by
the guys.  I suspect your teacher's walk is influened a lot
by his/her chosen style rather than natural body mechanics,
though it would be bad if you're moving your hips
salsa-style.  We've had to work a lot with people to loosen
their hips so that they can move fluidly.  David and Tom
are correct in saying that the movement of the hips come
from a correct walk.

Your other issues concerning posture during giros and
salidas is likely a common misunderstanding that the torso
drives the walk.  It doesn't.  It is the pelvis and legs
that drive the walk.  The torso merely sits on top of the
pelvis.

Trini de Pittsburgh


--- Caroline Polack <runcarolinerun at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Ok, I understand you now....I think.
> 
> Runway models sashay because it's considered feminine and
> sexy to do so. 
> Maybe that's the same reason some women dance that way
> too.
> 
> I had a teacher tell me that I tend to stick my hips out
> to the side when I 
> do giros and that I stick my butt out when doing salidas.
> I wasn't even 
> aware I was doing that until he pointed it out.
> 
> It was a funny coincidence that you mention runway models
> because my older 
> sister was a model and a runway teacher for a long time
> and she was the one 
> who forced me to change from walking like a tomboy to
> walking like a woman. 
> She was embarrassed to be seen with me in public until I
> changed to a more 
> feminine walk. My high school yearbooks was filled with
> compliments about my 
> walk from the guys. One cannot help but feel encouraged
> to keep on walking 
> that way given the positive feedback from both girls and
> guys.
> 
> But because in tango, that is considered improper, I am
> making the effort to 
> change a habit that was ingrained into my consciousness
> for 25 years. It 
> hasn't been easy but I'm trying. Good thing I have a
> teacher who gives me a 
> hard time whenever I move my hips - that helps a great
> deal.
> 
> Anyways, the point is, I am sure many women who move
> their hips in tango are 
> unaware they are doing so. And others who are aware are
> doing it because 
> they feel it's feminine to do so.
> 
>
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