[Tango-L] Navigation

[Gordon Erlebacher]

Alberto Paz from New Orleans taught us to face the wall when we start. 
He said on our very first tango lesson 7 years ago:

In tango: the woman turns around the man, and the mean turns around the 
floor. The implication clearly was that the dance was circular and not 
linear.

Thanks Alberto: you had it exactly right.

      Gordon


On 1/13/11 11:04 AM, Charles Roques wrote:
> --- On Thu, 1/13/11, RonTango<rontango at rocketmail.com>  wrote:
>
> Almost every man who has any sense of navigation in the US proceeds around the
> floor walking facing forward in the direction of the ronda, using turns when
> forward progression is no longer feasible. This is how we have all been taught -
> walk forward and turn if you can't walk forward anymore.. I have never met an
> instructor who has taught otherwise for tango, although I have met a rare few
> who teach a different (perhaps optional) mode of progression for milonga.
>
> re the video
>
> This is solid, basic technique and has been taught for years by Danel and Maria.  I teach this and so does anyone else who has studied with them over the years.  It is one of the fundamentals of classic social dancing.
>
> Cheers
> Charles
>
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