[Tango-L] Tango is a dance of collections or pivots

[Tango For Her]

Tom wrote: "snap to the collect, pivot, & snap to the
reach"

Tom, Tom, Tom.  I can write about elegant flowing
movements just as well as you.  You missed the point. 
But, thank you.  You wrote a great chapter two!

See?  We ARE on to the real tango!

It is great to teach people about deriving tango from
the pivot and moving in and out of it. After showing
that these "steps" can be thought of in terms of
pivots, then, such elegant descriptions as yours have
a proper home!  :o)

And, of course music and feeling are important. 
Sorry.  It seems that no one should EVER use the term
“real tango” on this list.  It makes people start
writing about completely different subjects that
should have different headings.  My post was about
centering tango around the pivot rather than the
steps.  Duh!  Hey, everyone!  Don’t forget to use
musicality and feelings!  I think Tom is going to
write about it in a completely different post.

By the way,  I didn’t get this from a teacher.  This
is part of how I think of the dance.  This is a
beginning to how I think of teaching leaders to get
their head out of the patterns and onto the woman’s
body so that the dance can be about her.  So, no, I am
not one of your slandering examples!  Tisk!  Tisk! 
Tisk!

So, here we have it.

CHAPTER ONE: Deriving your lead from the pivot.  Focus
on the follower, not the steps.

CHAPTER TWO: Moving fluently through the pivot.

ADDENDUM TO CHAPTER ONE: 

At a point in time, during the pivot, you can see the
feet collected together.  It’s just a point in time as
I describe 5 positions in a step.  DON’T GET FREAKED
OUT!  

I guess you could say that a point in time is
staccado.  Thanks, Tom!




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