[Tango-L] Open/crossed step uses?

[Jay Rabe]

Chris,

     Not sure I understand what you mean by "sacada" being a term of description rather than the name of a step. I always thought of a sacada as a step where one person displaces the foot (being lifted) of the other as they take a step. Surely there are many possible sacadas, so perhaps it would be better to say "sacada" is a category of steps, and you have to add more information to actually "name" a given step - "leader's right sacada on follower's trailing left foot as she does a right forward ocho." But how is this different than "ocho" as a name of a step, since there are likewise several different versions. Maybe we're playing with words, but if you could elaborate a bit on what you mean...

           J



> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:55:00 +0100
> From: tl2 at chrisjj.com
> To: Tango-L at mit.edu
> CC: tl2 at chrisjj.com
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Open/crossed step uses?
> 
> > 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.
> 
> --
> Chris
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