tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post4145688054463582118..comments2023-10-14T15:52:29.871+01:00Comments on Tango commuter: Tango in Paris 4Tangocommuterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-4598774006058717272009-05-22T20:13:57.708+01:002009-05-22T20:13:57.708+01:00I occasionally ask visitors to dance if I've never...I occasionally ask visitors to dance if I've never seen them before, and sometimes they turn out to be French. I can usually guess from watching them dance with others.<br /><br />Where - in all the London venues, like carablanca and corrientes. I say three years, but its spread thinly over three years sadly ...<br /><br />This is how I want to dance and feel it ... but as you say, we don't get it much in London. <br /><br />Maybe I need to commute my tango too ... ?<br /><br />What are London followers thoughts on this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-16733145225483436172009-05-22T14:03:22.901+01:002009-05-22T14:03:22.901+01:00That's a really exact description! Sharing the wei...That's a really exact description! Sharing the weight, making the leader work, the way the left arm pulls right round. Certainly in Paris, and very similar in BsAs, but I'd say (from not a great deal of experience) that partners there are a little cooler, a little more guarded. But the position is the same. <br /><br />I've heard BsAs teachers say that you dance on your own axis, but stand apart and lean together. Obviously you can't dance close and vertical or you'd be on each others toes. <br /><br />Three years dancing with French visitors? Where?Tangocommuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-81557728943126946662009-05-21T22:07:11.909+01:002009-05-21T22:07:11.909+01:00I really enjoy dancing with French followers who v...I really enjoy dancing with French followers who visit London. They dance closer, share their weight with the leader, and really make you work. Which feels great to me. Some even go so far as to use their left arms and hand to "pull you in closer". Again at the right moments this is great.<br /><br />Is they how they dance in Paris?<br /><br />Is they how they dance in BA?<br /><br />I'm not being partisan against styles but I do note that in London it is danced more separate, and even when its close it is not quite a shared weight thing. One London teacher even goes so far as to suggest that you dance close but vertical taking your own weight .. which doesn't sound right to me.And over 3 years of dancing with French visitors, they don't do it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com