[Tango-L] Cadencia vs rock step

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Jack
Tango can be walked two ways.  Like a cat or a camel. The cat would be 
smooth leading out with the toe.
The  camel would be abrupt leading with the heel. It doesn't matter what we 
call it  John Wayne Cat Camel or whatever every leader steps forward on his 
toe or his  heel. Watch any video and pay attention to the man’s feet and 
you will see the  smoother dancers all take the toe lead the others all lead 
with the heel. The  way it was explained to me is when you move forward with 
the toe you can control  the length of the step to the music and dance more 
smoothly. If you step forward  on your heel the step is shorter so it’s 
harder to dance to slower music and be  smooth. 
Most of the close embrace BsAs style dancing is heel leads good  salon 
dancers use the toe lead. When I watch tango danced the main thing I look  at is 
the man’s foot placement. If he’s dancing on his heels his movements are  
quick and his feet don't seem to be in total control. Watch a man leading 
with  his toes and you'll see a totally different dancer with every foot 
movement  exact and in control. I'm not judging here just pointing out how I see 
tango  danced.
David


In a message dated 5/4/2011 11:28:37 P.M. Pacific  Daylight Time, 
jackdylan007 at yahoo.com writes:
Milongueros in BsAs teach the  walk as being 'a natural walk'.

But to most people it feels anything but  natural. The reason for this,
it was once explained to me, is that it's based  on the natural walk
of men up to and including the 1950s when many men would  walk
with a kind of swagger - think John Wayne.

Unfortunately, in this  day and age, probably due to our haste, few 
men walk with a swagger.  Although it's not related to music, could
a swagger be described as a walk  with cadencia?

At my local gym, I still see boxers who walk with a  swagger.

Jack


> From: Mario sopelote at yahoo.com

> I, too, like investigating this word 'cadencia'  >


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