[Tango-L] body, hand leads

[Floyd Baker]

I lead the parada that way myself...  The 'last few inches' being
before the ankles close...  I see it as basically a lead that there
will not be another directional lead.., but in fact a stop!   

It's best to let the lady know what's going on so she isn't left
hanging and thinking she missed a lead...  

Floyd



On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:03 +0100 (BST), you wrote:

>> In a parada, a stop, the leader presses his right hand firmly against
>> his partner's back to arrest the last few inches of her backward motion  
>> The better the leader the lesser the pressures, but there must be some
>
>That is nonsense. A good leader needs only the girl to stay on his chest. 
>He stops, she stops. There are no "last few inches" of her motion to be 
>arrested, because if there were, she'd be a few inches outside the embrace.

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