[Tango-L] Leading with hands

[NANCY]

I'm with Deby.  Most leads who use hands either over-lead or under-lead. All the twisting and pushing of my hand does not make my feet move.  But the worst of all is when their body says one thing and their hands say another.  I have learned to just stop until they figure out where they want me to be.  And if they 'force' lead with their hands, I take a stroll to my table. 

Nancy


--- On Fri, 8/1/08, Deby Novitz <dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com> wrote:

> From: Deby Novitz <dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com>
> Subject: [Tango-L] Leading with hands
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 1:20 PM
> I am a follower and I will tell you why I prefer the torso
> to hands.  
> Leads with hands are annoying.  I can be dancing with a man
> who has nice 
> posture and a good sense of music and then there are those
> hands 
> "guiding" me through the dance.  Leading with the
> torso at least for me 
> is a much more natural progression of the movement.  It
> does not 
> interfere with a walk, giro, or ocho.  When hands are used
> no matter how 
> good the lead is, it is never smooth.  The embrace is just
> that...an 
> embrace.  With good posture the force of the torso moves
> the body 
> smoothly and naturally through the dance.  With hands it
> cannot be 
> smooth.  AND with a bad lead I feel like I am being worked
> like a slot 
> machine. Horreeeebllllaaaayyyyyy.
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