[Tango-L] Not Leading vs Leading crosses - reverse crosses

[Jay Rabe]

     Some years ago I took an eye-opening class from (much-maligned-on-this-list) Metin Yazir. He taught the 8CB - in reverse. That is, starting with leader L back, R side, etc, culminating in the follower crossing her R in front of her L as Ernest showed. The principle his class and subsequent "mirror image" investigations has shown me is that steps work better or worse on one side or the other as a direct consequence of the slight asymmetry of the embrace. That is, even the most parallel milonguero embrace still will have an ever so slight "V," with the leader's left side slightly more open than the right, and with the follower ever so slightly shifted to his right in his embrace. 
     Studying in this way, trying to do mirror-image versions of every step your learn, will show you the subtle adjustments to the embrace/frame and the specific movements of the torso that that must be made in order to make the step work smoothly (or at all). I highly recommend it.

          J
       TangoMoments.com



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