[Tango-L] Cruzada in other dances?

[johnofbristol@tiscali.co.uk]

In the lock step (used in all ballroom dances) both partners cross at 
the same time. In the reverse turn of the Viennese waltz each partner 
crosses alternately, the one in the centre of the turn doing the cross. 
The quick open reverse has a complete 360 degree turn in one bar, the 
follower crossing on the last step. This looks like the two-bar reverse 
turn of the Viennese waltz crammed into one bar, but according the the 
histories it was originally a foxtrot variation.

As has been said, none of these crosses are lingered over. But in the 
swivel, used in foxtrot and ballroom tango, the leader crosses right 
over left, while the follower does what we would recognise as an ocho. 
I hesitate to say this is the ballroom version of the ocho, as I heard 
once that the AT ocho didn't appear till the 1940's. If this is true, 
the influence may be the other way round.

John Ward
Bristol, UK