[Tango-L] Arg. Tango and Ballroom tango

[Huck Kennedy]

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:39 AM,  <Crrtango at aol.com> wrote:
> In ballroom one is taught to
> develop lightness and lift when dancing or stepping and often there is slight rise
> and fall in the movements.
> Tango does the opposite in that it walks onto and into the floor and the
> actual body dynamic is one of downward pressure and maintaining a level, without
> the lift in the step.
>
> So although it sounds a little poetic and flowery, it is, kineticly speaking,
> true: Ballroom dancers dance up into the air, Argentine Tango dancers dance
> into the earth.

     This is largely a good point, although I would amend "ballroom"
to "smooth ballroom" ("Heel!  Toe!  Toe lower!").  The Latin ballroom
dances are more grounded into the floor, like AT.

Huck