[Tango-L] The Tango Invitation or simply a lead

[Anton Stanley]

I'm familiar with kinaesthesia. But I don't think it's applicable to
explaining the concept of "invitation & acceptance" in the parlance of
tango. Sub-conscious agreements is not I believe what is being alluded to in
describing the lead & follow roles of the dance. If it is, it's not really
relevant in a tutorial sense, as it's an unconscious response, and I
believe, requires deep seated imprinting to be reliably reproduced.

Anton


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Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Tango Invitation or simply a lead

Anton

> Can it really be true that the inviter invites his partner to take a step
or
> make a movement, waits while the invitee considers the request, then waits
> for the invitee to begin to execute the request and follows invitee to the
> successful or not, conclusion of the invitation. The decision making
> component of this process is supposed to happen within a few milliseconds.

It is certainly true, except there's no consider or decision. The
process is autonomic, unconscious. It happens through the kinesthetic
coupling of the embrace.

> Yet many of us would have difficulty choosing which bread to take off the
supermarket
> shelves within the same timeframe.

Because that's done with a different kind of process - conscious thought.

Chris.(www.chrisjj.com)