[Tango-L] Forward Step By Lady

[Michael]

Carlos Gavito said "I lead, but I follow." The woman moves first backwards 
and he follows stepping forward. The opposite is true when the man moves 
backward.  He leads himself backwards and the woman follows him going 
forward. Other posters spoke about brutally changing weight or waiting a 
long time for the woman to step forward,  which I never wrote. I'm talking 
about a hundredths of a second from the time the man steps backward and his 
torso begins to move backward, leading the woman to step forward.

To phrase it differently, if the couple is on parallel (same) feet, the man 
has to step backward with his left foot and create space for the woman to 
come forward with her right.

Michael
I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Dylan" <jackdylan007 at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 3:06 AM


Michael,

Sorry, I rushed my question and didn't phrase it very well. I mean that when 
the
man steps back and the lady forward, they would step together. So, at the 
same
time as stepping back, the man would lead the lady to step forward and, for 
this
he would use his torso. I don't think the man would step back alone.So the 
man's
back step and torso lead would be at the same time. Whereas, going forward, 
the
man's torso lead would be first, followed by his step.

Jack




> From: Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net>
>
> It's the same rule for the man and the woman because it makes no 
> difference
> who's going backward. If the man was to move his torso and step back at 
> the
> same time, he wouldn't have a foot to support himself and he would pull 
> the
> woman into himself without having support. Not a good idea.
>





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