[Tango-L] Gavito's Lead & Plan B

[Jack Dylan]

This is very frustrating because many people are still talking at cross 
purposes. As many have already said, misunderstanding a lead and 
doing something unintended is a totally different thing to deliberately 
refusing a lead for no other reason than the lady wanting to do 
something other than what has been clearly led.

But Gavito's comment brings up something very useful for all leaders - 
something I've heard referred to as 'Plan B'. Most leaders will know 
that leads don't always get followed as expected. But those with
experience will learn where this is likely to happen and will have 
contingency plans, just as Gavito was describing. 

In my case, I sometimes like to use a Sacada to lead the lady to cross 
left in front of right or right in front of left. Depending on how it's led, there 
are a number of possible options for the lady. For example, she might be 
led to transfer weight at the cross and to continue with the other foot or 
to cross low but rebound with the same foot or she might do a high Front 
Boleo. Although I will intend to lead one specific option, I know there is 
always a chance that the lady will take one of the other options. This 
might be my fault or the lady's but it doesn't really matter beacuse it 
won't be a problem as I'll simply continue with 'Plan B' and the lady will 
think she followed my lead perfectly. The man should always be prepared 
for the unexpected but, as I say, that's a completely different thing to 
having one's lead deliberately rejected.

Jack



----- Original Message ----
> From: "flame at 2xtreme.net" <flame at 2xtreme.net>
> 
> I agree. Gavito also said "I lead and I follow."
> 
> In one of his teaching tapes with Marcela Duran, he showed a figure and 
> said, "Now, if the woman isn't sensitive enough to do the drag here and 
> instead steps around, we resolve it in another way."
>