[Tango-L] Who is teaching toe-first method of walking?

['Mash]

Morning, 

I agree with the teaching and doing. I have been taught to point and then step on the ball of my foot. But watching the male teachers dance, they tend to only do this on initial steps. Interestingly I am actually trying to stop going up on my toes, my previous dance experiance was all about being up on my toes, in tango its the ball of the foot. It really is a mental challange to flatten my foot especially when doing giros.  


'Mash
London,UK

"May we be cautious in our perfection lest we lose the ability to dance." 

 


On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:35:44AM +1000, Gary Barnes wrote:
> Hi Igor  and all
> 
> Lots of people teach toe-first (actually I would say 'ball first' --  
> the only real 'toe first' is en pointe).
> 
> In my experience, they are mostly people who trained first in ballet.
> 
> Some who teach this, but by no means all, also dance like this. For  
> women especially, its very clear that if their heel never touches the  
> ground, then the ball of the foot always gets both first contact and  
> weight.
> 
> Many teachers, despite what they teach, actually dance like most  
> people: with the placement of both first contact, and weight, varying  
> hugely depending on where they are going and where they have been, in  
> a usefully dynamic way.
> 
> Excellent dancers have great control over this; the rest of us do as  
> we can.  I think its generally a distraction for beginners to even  
> think about this stuff.
> 
> I used to get annoyed at the discrepancy between what people teach  
> and what they do: I am gradually learning to find it entertaining  
> instead...
> 
> Gary
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/07/2007, at 6:34 PM, Igor Polk wrote:
> 
> > Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
> >
> > Can you tell me please,
> > Who is teaching toe-first method of  walking? In Argentine Tango.  
> > When a toe
> > goes first AND the weight is put right on the ball of the foot.  
> > ( This AND
> > is very important, please understand me ).
> >
> > Igor Polk
> >
> >
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