[Tango-L] How to initiate lean

[Michael]

Jack:
Think of a calesita. The woman doesn't step while it's executed. Why? The man is supposed to give her a very slight lift, like leading the cross. The lift tells the woman "Don't Step." When leading the cross, the lift tells the woman "Don't move your right foot" and the only foot she moves is the left into the cross. In the calesita, the lift tells the woman to stay on her right foot (keeping her feet together) while the man moves around her. The difference between the calesita and the volcalda is in the calesita, the woman's feet are together and in the volcalda the man is leading the woman to separate the feet so that one of them does the sweep.

Michael Ditkoff
Next Saturday I'm going to New York to dance tango


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Dylan" <jackdylan007 at yahoo.com>
To: <tango-l at mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] How to initiate lean


Igor,

I'm prepared to believe that it's possible to lead the lady into 
a Carpa or to Apilado without using suspension and that's one 
reason why I posted. But, as I need to make a backward step 
to initiate the lean, you haven't explained why the lady won't 
make a corresponding forward step. I know that suspension 
works [but not always] and I'd like to know what else would 
work.

Jack