[Tango-L] A Troublesome Lead

[David]

Keith,

I think the one at he does at 1:06 gives the best view.  To me, it looks like he is leading it with his right arm (and hand).  Is that how you see it as well?

For the people who couldn't get the link to work, remove the backslash "\" (it came after "watch" and before "?" in the link).  I'll post it below, but the email might goof it up again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgujDIWlOc

Regards,

David

 
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From: Keith <keith at tangohk.com> 
Subject: [Tango-L] A Troublesome Lead 
To: tango-l at mit.edu  
 
 There's one lead that I always find troublesome and generally avoid. It's LF 
side, 
lady RF side and then, without a pause, lead the lady into a LF Front Cross in 
front of me. The reasons I find it troublesome are: 
 
1. I feel that it results in a break in the connection; and 
2. I feel that it needs a lead with the right arm, which I generally don't like 
to do. 
 
The reason I raise the subject now is that I was watching an excellent video of 
Alberto Dassieu that was posted by Mario. 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch\?v=VqgujDIWlOc 
 
Alberto gives this lead 4 times during the dance at 0.39, 1.06, 1.17 and 2.40. 
On 2 ocassions he does it without moving his RF and the other 2 he steps 
forward, 
with the lady, with his RF. 
 
Do others who dance in close embrace lead this step and, if so, how do you 
resolve 
the problems I have? I emphasise that the lead is without a pause. I have no 
trouble 
leading the lady to step in front of me with her LF if I pause after my RF side 
and 
LF close. 
 
Keith, HK