tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post8504893844311619225..comments2024-02-23T08:34:49.655-08:00Comments on My Tango Diaries: Slow downMarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08960763038363579526noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-84949851826968727012009-11-28T05:58:29.714-08:002009-11-28T05:58:29.714-08:00the unknown tango theologian
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you h...the unknown tango theologian<br />wow<br />really<br />wow<br /><br />you have done well<br />mari<br />to collect such sensitive readers :)happyseaurchinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319104405340902393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-7440553572310592642009-11-21T13:45:55.471-08:002009-11-21T13:45:55.471-08:00Regardless of the school of thought you have with ...Regardless of the school of thought you have with "does the man lead the timing" for every single thing (which I have had some teachers advocate) or "there's a few things with a default timing" (like molinetes, and I've had teachers that advocate this as well)...one thing that remains the same is that a follow needs to know what timing is, slows or quicks and how to carry them out properly and not rush a lead for a QQ timing of a step (especially in a turn).<br /><br />If you actually know where your feet need to be during a phrase of music during a turn if a slow or a quick is being led, I have always advocated that a persons personal philosophy as to led or "default" is moot.<br /><br />To further my case, my main teacher taught by "default" timing unless something else more specific is being led with the torso and so I had to learn exactly how much spacing to give the beats for both slows and quicks. A few months down the road, I took a lesson with a leader who was of the other school of thought (Leader specifically leads all timing). We did turns. The subject never came up, it was moot, because I understand timing.<br />- bastetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-91899511976090948722009-11-21T12:52:18.566-08:002009-11-21T12:52:18.566-08:00Mari -- a future blog I am planning addresses this...Mari -- a future blog I am planning addresses this: "There are two types of men in the world: Men who hear the music and men who a "free" in their interpretation. Once you figure that out you follow the men who don't follow the music and you follow the music WITH the men who do. I don't recall you having this "problem" of dancing to the music. :-) However, even musically inclined women can over-interpret the next move. But it has nothing to do with waiting. Is the next step a whole note,half note, quarter note triplet, an eighth or sixteenth note? If a woman gives me these posibilities, she is in many ways leading the dance, and I am magically dancing in ways that are new and fresh. BTW, There are two types of women in the world too: Women who wait to have the music "translated" for them, and women who are "translating" the music with her partner.The Unknown Tango Theologianhttp://tango-beat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-49053764411405619052009-11-21T02:54:52.494-08:002009-11-21T02:54:52.494-08:00Well, as a follower, I was taught to wait and foll...Well, as a follower, I was taught to wait and follow your leader. Not all leaders go along with the music. I have had to ask one of my leaders to pick it up a little bit as he was soooo slow and keeping me on one leg too long I was getting cramp. I am really not sure what part of the music he was inspired by! In spite of all of that, one still needs to follow the leader. Once he gets going, and if he is in time, yes, then you can add your own element or interpretation to it as long as it follows his lead.<br />You are just going to have to let go on this one in order to be a good follower. If you can't follow or don't like his lead, find someone else to dance with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-54179781550558544242009-11-20T20:09:02.395-08:002009-11-20T20:09:02.395-08:00still unsure on this whole issue...I see many ladi...still unsure on this whole issue...I see many ladies that don't know how to keep a QQS timing and rush the music, especially during giros, if that is what is being "led" for lack of better words.<br /><br />If it's a stylistic matter of foot and body arriving together (on top of the beat) versus foot strike first (more traditional approach) and body arrival slightly after...then that's another story altoghether...bastetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-36179482467084853292009-11-20T12:35:43.419-08:002009-11-20T12:35:43.419-08:00Or...if the leader leads every centimetre of the d...Or...if the leader leads every centimetre of the dance, while providing room for the follower to overlay their musical expression on the shared dance, then this problem doesn't exist. <br /><br />Interpretation by the follower just gets in the way. <br /><br />Of course followers are often taught to 'step on the beat', 'behind the beat' etc by teachers. It's hardly the students' fault but it takes years (or learning to lead) to realise their way past this.tangogeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346329735993781389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370884568160752646.post-76995320152411619992009-11-20T11:03:46.896-08:002009-11-20T11:03:46.896-08:00Very Nice Post!Very Nice Post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025253007114678087noreply@blogger.com