[Tango-L] Molinetes

[Jay Rabe]

Anybody have any historical info on how these terms developed? 
 
I had understood that molinete was a term coined in USA to refer to the woman's grapevine steps around the man, and that the giro was the term used to refer to the man turning on his axis to accommodate her going around him. 
 
I had further heard that giro was the term used in BsAs, and that the term molinete was not used there.Any light to shed on the confusion?
 
             J
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> To: tango-l at mit.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:27:27 -0400> From: lgmoseley at aol.com> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Molinetes> > I had understood that > > 1. A giro used the basic combination of forward-side-behind-side, although not always in that order. For example, you can have side-behind-side-forward, and so on. The important point is that on the behind step the lady swivels away from the man, and if necessary the man will lead just that> > 2. By contrast, the molinete involves the lady in walking round the man with no such swivel away from the man i.e. forward-forward-forward-forward, albeit on a circular track. It certainly feels like a pepper mill in action, which fits with the name.> > Both can be done at a variety of speeds and with a variety of rhythms.> > Is that just a local distinction which we draw here in the Forest, or is it a widely shared one? They are clearly very different figures and have very different characters and 'feels'.> > Brazos> > Laurence Moseley> > -----Original Message-----> From: dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com> To: tango-l at mit.edu> Sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 4.43PM> Subject: [Tango-L] Molinetes> > Well Miles, because here in Buenos Aires we call them giros...not > > molinetes. The teachers here teach 3 steps - caminata, giros, ochos.> > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message> > Checked by PC Tools AntiVirus (3.1.0.10 - 9.066.007).> > http://www.pctools.com/anti-virus/> _______________________________________________> Tango-L mailing list> Tango-L at mit.edu> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l> > _______________________________________________> Tango-L mailing list> Tango-L at mit.edu> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
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