[Tango-L] Where are her feet and where is her weight?

[NANCY]

OK, Mario!    Now you are learning tango!!

  I think what is happening is that you are picturing
the steps you have seen on YouTube and going for the
result instead of thinking of the dance as a work in
progress not just in steps, but in every weight change
and every torsion of the body.  

This is the problem with the 'automatic cross' for
instance.  I never cross automatically because many
guys in BsAs dance tango ( yes, tango) without ever
marking a cross. One guy leads the beginning of the
cross and then whips my ankle into a tight boleo
around my right foot, ending in a back step....sort of
a cross feint. 

 It is all a stimulus and response thing, you see. 
Yes, you must know not only where her weight is at all
times, but where it is likely to be with every move
you make and be prepared to compensate if she does not
do what you expect.  That is what a partnership is all
about and what makes every second interesting and
challenging.  

   It is: 
Stimulus....Response......Response......Response.......
etc

And never look down - it will throw both axes off.  

Felicitaciones on your breakthrough.

Nancy


--- Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Last night, I did not dance well.  Certain
> 'mistakes' are starting to repeat
>   themselves...ie: turning or stepping to my left
> when the woman's weight is
>   on her right foot and I am not leading an
> ocho...ugh..I did that around three
>   times in different dances..it makes for an ubrupt
> halt to the flow...duh.
>   So, I'm thinking that I have gotten too loose and
> am letting my consciousness
>   go wherever it feels like it...the music, the
> other dancers, etc. etc.. and so,
>   I stumble into a mistake.
>   My question is to the men and women who dance
> close embrace.
>    I'd like to hear any feedback from women about
> being conscious of the lead's   
>    consciousness of her weight placement...anything
> at all would help.
>   And I'd like to hear from the Men;  How do you
> keep the woman's weight/foot placement
>   in front of your consciousness at all times? Do
> you keep reminding yourself of it?
>   Have you found a way to incorporate it into the
> whole feel of your dance?
>   Is there a trick to it that you've discovered?..Do
> you visualize it (without looking down)
>   somehow??.. all comments appreciated..
> 
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