[Tango-L] Ballroom vs Tango: Cross feet

[Michael]

Carol wrote:

> If by "cross-foot dancing" you mean stopping at a cross,
you're right, I  don't know of any ballroom dance that has
that.  
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> Jay Rabe wrote:
ballroom doesn't allow cross-foot dancing (can someone with
ballroom experience
verify that?);
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Using Carol's definition of "cross-foot dancing" Viennese
Waltz has a cross just like AT. The man turns to his left on
his left, steps back on his right and crosses with his left
in front. There isn't a stop as he keeps turning.

If Jay means cross-foot as in dancing on cross feet,
ballroom DOES have cross foot figures. In Foxtrot and Slow
Waltz, there is shadow spirals figure. In Samba, there is
Shadow voltas figure. As a general rule, shadow positions
are on cross feet because the woman is in front of the man.

Michael Ditkoff
Washington, DC
Feels like Spring so the Atlanta Tango Festival can't be too
far away

I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango