2140  Teaching vs. dancing

Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:53:42 -0700
From: Brian Dunn <brian@DANCEOFTHEHEART.COM>
Subject: Re: Teaching vs. dancing

Oleh wrote:

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In discussion of lead-follow-lead mechanics Brian Dunn quoted Daniel
Trenner: "Make her go first, then accompany her"...The issue here is
separation of man s torso lead from his feet.
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"Torso lead" is certainly one way of visualizing and explaining how to
satisfy Daniel's requirement. I note in passing that the root of both
Luciana's and Daniel's injunctions is "make her go first" - this allows for
many interpretations and images of exactly how to "make her" do something,
including "torso lead", as long as they work.

>>>

I should note that I don't really see any follower lead in this
sequence of events.
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I agree - I never actually heard Daniel or Luciana or anyone else talk about
"follower lead", which seems an awkward contradictory term to me - leaders
were essentially directed to "follow her follow of your lead" or "accompany
her as she follows your lead" - in my view all reducible to the simple "make
her go first."

All the best,
Brian Dunn
Dance of the Heart
Boulder, Colorado USA
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