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

Tango For Her tangopeer at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 2 17:49:30 EDT 2008


A quick answer, without getting too deep:

When I dance, I am always concentrating on my
follower's free leg.  I am not focussing on my feet.


--- 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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