[Tango-L] Traspie

[Jack Dylan]

Mario,

I'm sure you're doing a great Traspie - as you say ..."why so difficult?". 3 short 
steps in 2 beats of music. Well, my friend, the difficult part is leading the lady 
to do an equally great Traspie. I see lots of guys doing 'great' Traspie while the 
lady is just shuffling her feet and doesn't really have a clue what's going on. 
The guy, of course, is totally oblivious to this as he can't see her feet and the 
girl is too polite to tell the guy.

Maybe this is what your helpful follower was trying to tell you, because if she's 
not dancing Traspie then you're not dancing Traspie, regardless of what your 
feet are doing. What I mean is, you need to dance Traspie with your body and 
not just your feet. Ask a friend to video you and then you can check if the girl 
is doing what you think she's doing.

One final point - ALWAYS listen when a partner says something about your 
dance. After all, you're dancing for her, not yourself - aren't you?? And she 
probably knows something about your dance that you don't. Feedback from
partners is like gold.

Jack

----- Original Message ----
> From: Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com>
>   Actually, what I've now discovered is that I've been doing great Traspie all 
> along
>   when dancing the Milonga. I was confused when one 'helpful' female detractor 
> (the
>   kind who go to BsAs every year and so think that they know it all) pointed her 
> finger
>   at me and told me that "You don't do Traspie in your Milonga"..she hated that 
> I danced
>   the best Milonga and never took a class in it...it really pains those 'class 
> goers'.
>   ..but whatever her definition of it is..I am no longer concerned..yes, I'm 
> satisfied that
>   the moves shown in the previous post are it....so, why so difficult???? duh
> 
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