[Tango-L] weight change

[Floyd Baker]

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:44:03 -0500, you wrote:

>Floyd wrote:
>
>> The lady must ignore the leaders independent weight changes, as the  
>> leader constantly changes his weight when he doesn't want the  
>> follower to. He wants the follower to change her weight only when  
>> she's *led* to do so.. Certainly one dances to not let their weight  
>> changes be felt.
>
>I personally feel that the movement and direction of the man's body  
>mass _is_ the lead. I think that tango men become better at conveying  
>their intentions when their weight on the floor is more clearly felt  
>by the tango women.
>
>Men do not dance so that women can't feel their weight changes. It's  
>the opposite. The woman is going to respond to where his weight is on  
>the floor, and where and how his weight is moving.
>
>As for women, the better dancer a woman is, the more acutely she will  
>sense the man's weight on the floor. The more experience she has in  
>tango, the more she will know how to respond to this sense of his  
>weight.


With Tango being possible to dance without touching at all, where
'weight changes'.., in and of themselves, would *never* be felt,
although possibly glimpsed and causing further confusion, they are not
something that can be relied upon for a lead.  Weight changes by the
follower must be led so the follower knows for sure.  IMHO there is no
gray.  

Tango is a walking dance, and there is the music to step on.   The
other standards one needs to follow, to pull off a totally improve
dance, is where the leads are coming from, and where they're are not
coming from.   They come from above the waist.  Whatever happens below
the waist is never to be be considered...  Except in a few specific
and defined instances....   Blocks, invitations, etc.

Force and emphasis are put into single or simultaneous leads, and at
the same time, they can to impart speed, distance, and other
modifications too.  

The leader may be hopping and skipping all around, doing whatever
necessary to keep up with where he wants the leader and her feet to
be.., but the follower has her own job to do.., and it is not
dependent on her watching or feeling *everything* the leader is doing
in his job.  Just the leads he intends to give, from where they must
be taken...  It's pretty well understood that the ladies who helped
bring about Tango didn't want to be part of the decision making
process...  

As in the 'keeping centered' comment elsewhere.  That's all it takes.
The leader might be 'Clogging' down below, but as long as he stays
totally centered with the follower, the lady should continue doing
Tango.., by not moving.   Especially not to try keeping up with his
weight changes.  

Floyd


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