[Tango-L] Ballroom vs Tango: Cross feet

[Carol Shepherd]

Just curious: is it also referred to as "cross-system" in those dances? 
  I have limited experience with professional ballroom instruction, and 
in the lessons I've had, the instructor hasn't used the term.

Michael wrote:

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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.
> 

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