Things AT Leaders should know

[Light Sleeper]

afaik "con luz" means "with light" and was used in the sense that the leaders and the followers body are not pressed together, and it describes proper, well mannered, PG-13 tango.

Gssh

:uplaugh:

 

[bastet]

I have felt the same drop-off in myself after just such a tango vacation, albeit in different ways. I believe it to be a social effect rather than one of training. Without the constant need to be a certain way, we have no urge to be like that. In the case of this kind of dynamic resistance, it's really hard to create unless the other person is doing similar. In order to maintain it you need a critical mass of dancers who do it actively in your social circle.

Plus, and this one really ticks me off, nobody ever tells you that you've let it go!

too true....I worked on the "active following" concept in a little tango vacation I had this spring...but I find it hard to do unless I am getting that "something extra" from a leader and since almost no one I dance with gives that little extra as a leader, I'm sure I've forgotten what I need to do or at least I am very rusty and out of practice with it and generally don't feel the need to attempt it.

 

[jhpark]

Be a wall!