[Tango-L] ..where did the balance go?

[Tango For Her]

I read Nancy's possibility and, right away, knew that
her's was more appropriate, for the situation, than
mine.  When I got to her last paragraph, gulp, I knew
she was talking to me.

Lesson learned.  Thank you, Nancy.



--- NANCY <ningle_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Let's assume another possibility.  That Mario, a
> student of tango of only six months who, by his own
> admission, learns mostly from YouTube, might not
> have
> a good axis or balance or leading ability himself. 
> Remember he is in a community where there are no
> teachers according to him.  He might have a floppy
> left arm and a pushing hand, he might raise his
> right
> shoulder and do the 'teapot' action on her, he might
> be overleading her with his arms, he might be
> tentative in his own body movements .  Unless the
> lady
> falls over when standing by herself, she might have
> perfect control of her own balance and axis and
> movement until it is disturbed by some man.  
> 
> I will also point out that milonga steps are quite
> small while some newbies love to do long, reaching,
> performance steps to slow tangos and cannot keep
> their
> own balance when they do so.  If they don't lower
> and
> soften their knees, they launch the lady like a
> catapult.  Maybe he is using her for support.
> 
> I am pretty fed up with some men on this list who
> believe that women have nothing to contribute and
> that, because women die to dance with them in their
> own insular communities, that makes them experts. 
> Go
> to a major festival or BsAs and see how good you
> are. 
> Some of the best US teachers are there - taking as
> many classes as they teach every weekend.
> 
> 



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