[Tango-L] Open/crossed step uses?

[Chris, UK]

> Sacadas are another good example of the usefulness of the open/cross 
> system understanding. ... From this, you can easily work out how many
> different Sacadas are possible while walking outside partner, left or
> right side in crossed or parallel feet.

Actually you can't. All you can work out is how many different sacadas are 
possible in such a system of representation. And this tells you more about 
the limitations of the system than it does about the possibilities in the 
dance.

Again, sacada is a term of description, not the name of a step. In real 
dancing, there are countless different sacadas. These so-called systems 
that reduce them to a small set of discrete step types serve only the 
needs of the paint-by-numbers tango instructors. Dancers have no need for 
them at all.

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Chris