[Tango-L] The subject that never dies

[Keith]

Alex,

I agree with everything you say. The purpose of my post was just to demonstrate 
that the cross is not automitic but is led by the man. I deliberately didn't go into 
how to lead the cross because there are many ways to do this but, yes, all are 
led with the torso - isn't everthing in Tango? But it can be with body turn right, 
body turn left or no body turn but with a forward / diagonal movement. I've 
been taught all of them and IMO they all work; just choose the one you prefer 
and which works best for you.

Keith, HK


 On Mon Mar 31 18:41 , "Alex"  sent:

>Re: Keith's latest response to Floyd on the subject...
>
>I would venture to say that the key to leading the cross is in the torso. I
>might even go so far as to say the cross is led entirely with the torso.
>
>I doesn't really matter (in a kinda/sorta way) what the leader is doing with
>his feet. I can lead the cross standing still, with my feet together, led
>entirely with contrabody/torso. I don't ever lead it this way while dancing,
>obviously. Granted, there are the "norms" of where the lead's feet are when
>leading the cross - I just wanted to illustrate my point.
>
>I just wanted to mention this because Keith's post didn't - the importance
>of contrabody and the torso in the lead to the cross.
>