[Tango-L] men who pull to their left

Sat Feb 16 11:44:22 EST 2008

sorry - I didn't see this before

1. I danced with one woman, then later in the evening another young 
woman who grabbed me before I could sit down said, "(blank) said you've 
got it going on tonight, let's see...", then, after dancing with her, 
but before I could sit down, another woman grabbed me and said "my turn 
now", and then the first woman, you guessed it, grabbed me before I 
could sit down and said, "do that again."

2. all I really did was to step back "inside partner" instead of the 
cross (the numbers always confuse me - I think that's #5?), and some 
other things went missing because I wasn't "crossing" that night - ex. 
ocho cortada.  I think two things happened, I didn't think about 
"steps" so much because I had effectively taken a lot of them off the 
table, so I was just walking - which helped me really hear the music 
better and I was able to have a better connection because we weren't 
"separating" to do steps.

I think.....

Have you joined the Buffalo Argentine Tango Society Yahoo! group yet? 
It's easy, and the best way to make sure you know what we're doing and 
what's going on with the Argentine tango in and around Buffalo......go 
to www.yahoo.com > select Groups > search for Buffalo Argentine Tango 
Society > follow the directions to join BATS_tango.  Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: Tango For Her <tangopeer at yahoo.com>
To: tango-l at mit.edu
Sent: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 3:51 pm
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] men who pull to their left

I am curious about 2 things:

1. How did you know the followers were lining up due
to you not going to the cross?  I don't doubt that
they were.  I'm just curious.  Did they like it and
spread the word, for example?

2. Did you find yourself getting to the 2, 3 or 4 step
of the basic and having to think quick to avoid the
cross?  I remember when I first did this exercise and
how it opened my mind to, right there, on the spot,
move in a different direction.  I remember that it was
a battle at first.  Then, it was one of the most
liberating things I've ever learned.  I am curious
about what happened with you.

I ask about #2 so that you can let others know just
how it changed your dance.  I remember that week.
People said my style changed like night and day.
Dancing became very, very much more fun.

I also found that, when the leader in front of me
started dancing backward, up the line of dance, I
could, easily, put my back to him and protect my
partner.  That quickness came straight from this
exercise.

--- buffmilonguera at aol.com wrote:

> Keith,
>
> I actually tried this a few weeks ago - I
> deliberately did no crosses
> all evening - and the followers were lining up :)
> It's a great improv exercise
>
> barbra
>
> Have you joined the Buffalo Argentine Tango Society
> Yahoo! group yet?
> It's easy, and the best way to make sure you know
> what we're doing and
> what's going on with the Argentine tango in and
> around Buffalo......go
> to www.yahoo.com > select Groups > search for
> Buffalo Argentine Tango
> Society > follow the directions to join BATS_tango.
> Thanks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith <keith at tangohk.com>
> To: tango-l at mit.edu
> Sent: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:36 pm
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] men who pull to their left
>
>
>
>
>
>
> What I found interesting in this video is that Ruben
>  leads his partner
> in a walk to the Cruzada only once during the entire
> dance. He leads
> the cross after Front Ochos and Ocho Cortados, but
> only once from
> the walk. And, of course, he dances no Resolutions.
>
> This si a good exercise for students - to dance an
> entire song without
> a Cruzada or a Resolution.
>
>
>  On Wed Jan 23  8:10 , Mario  sent:
>
> >Here is a video of ENRIQUETA KLEINMAN Y RUBÉN
> HARYMBAT.
> >  http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=JfjsLjob0bM
>
>
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