[Tango-L] how to lead (was 'weight change')

[Oleh Kovalchuke]

Alexis Cousein wrote:

> Nobody is claiming that you necessarily lead a weight shift of the
> follower through your own weight shift, except when the frame is locked
> (i.e. when your axis and hers are moving in unison).

My "frame" is always "locked" -- I dance in close embrace. That does
not mean that, when I shift my weight, the follower will do so too.
Unless I move her axis, of course. My feet, on the other hand, can be
decoupled (dissociated, in the common dance instructor parlance) from
my chest.

Thus "my weight shifting isn't a lead at all". Moving her axis is.
Hence the word "balance" in my signature.

Leader can also do the opposite: keep the weight on one foot and move
her around without shifting his weight from that foot (at 3'37" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_60K2dAvGc ). Osvaldo Cartery does
this all the time (I copied his step in this clip).

-- 
Oleh Kovalchuke
Argentine Tango : Connection, Balance, Rhythm
http://tangospring.com