[Tango-L] Smoke in your eyes

[Chris, UK]

A teacher wrote to Mario:

> Just remember that the lady has to make 2 steps, LF cross and RF back,
> to your one step, LF forward.

No Mario, just /forget/ that. It is a misunderstanding.

The lady does not have to make RF back, and you do not have to make LF 
forward. There are countless other possibilities. For example, she can 
uncross forwards or step sideways, and you can step or not.

> A firm chest-lead is required so that she will make these as 
> double-time steps, which many people count as QQ

There's no requirement that she makes these as double-time steps. She and 
you can do them as fast or slow as feels right.

Real tango doesn't work in preset sequences with fixed timings and counts. 
That stuff is nonsense invented by people who have misunderstood what 
tango dancing is and ended up teaching a pointless pattern-based imitation.

The real dance is improvised. At each moment you're free to take the move 
that comes from your feeling of the embrace, the music and the others on 
the floor. Nothing less is worth doing.

--
Chris