[Tango-L] "You'll both be in a lean.."

['Mash]

Is not the "energy" rather forward force then downward weight? At the point of the axis the force, energy, weight is equal. From what I have read it that you are supporting each other, but not to the extent that if you were to walk away the other would fall dramatically. Also this then becomes an issue of trust, the follower trusts the leader to support them but not to drop them. What I understand of allowing a leader to "hold" the followers weight is that the leader provides a means for the follower to be lighter on their feet. This allows them to pivot and be provided a lighter more free structure to move within. One which without being lifted and supported they would not have.

'Mash
London, UK




On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 02:40:00PM -0400, Jake Spatz (TangoDC.com) wrote:
> Hey list,
> 
> steve pastor wrote:
> >   Regular dancers are almost always better off to share some weight, or
> >   forward energy, with their partner. At the very least their weight
> >   should be toward the leader. The more weight is shared, the closer 
> >   you get to using the label "apilado"
> Can we just call it "forward energy" that should be shared-- or better, 
> given to the partner? I mean, one's weight should be on the floor, NOT 
> on one's partner, if this lean is going to work at all. To angle the top 
> of one's axis into the embrace still requires it to be an axis... and if 
> that axis is straight, it will be conducting the upper body's weight 
> downward _through the dancer's own body_.
> 
> To give one's partner (again, as opposed to the floor) any weight almost 
> always results in discomfort, if not disaster. No?
> 
> Jake Spatz
> DC
> 
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