[Tango-L] the dreaded back step

[Jack Dylan]

I would agree that an 8-count Basic, commencing with a back step and 
ending with a Resolution is not a good place to start learning Tango and
is a figure that, probably, should never be danced, IMHO.

The 8 count Basic that I prefer is LF side, walk to the cross and then 
forward walk to a close on 8.

The previous example quoted, while removing the back step on count 1, 
then adds in 2 back steps on counts 5 an 6, doesn't progress down the 
floor and, IMHO, is even worse than the 8CBWDBS.

Jack



> From: Tango22 tango22 at gmail.com

> The 8CB is, in my experience, the worst possible way to start new  
> beginners. It causes them to lock into a lot of bad habits and fails  
> to teach them how to move their bodies.  I prefer, as a basic  
> technique exercise to teach a simple square walk - side, forward (2),  
> side, back(2).  It contains all the essential walking technique from  
> which everything else may be developed.  It also helps beginners to  
> start with a compact, simple, but effective, dance.
>