[Tango-L] Line of Dance

[Myk Dowling]

On 13/10/10 00:52, Huck Kennedy wrote:
>          With regard to any considerable space, the leader next in line
> in the ronda knows it is there too, trust me (he's likely even waiting
> for it like a voracious dog about to be fed), and he rightfully
> considers it to be*his*  space because it has been vacated.  Once
> you've progressed down the line, any space you've vacated no longer
> belongs to you, it  belongs to the next couple in line, and you have
> vacated it forever.  You do NOT get to turn around and set off
> backwards because "you know you just came from there."  Or "because
> it's safe."  Or for any other reason, including the next leader in
> line appearing in your humble opinion to be too clueless to
> immediately fulfill his responsibility to take up the space vacated.
> If you do set off in a backwards direction, you are stealing something
> that does not belong to you.
I fear I am guilty of this indiscretion. Thanks for pointing it out to 
me, Huck. I'll avoid it in the future.

Myk,
in Canberra