3502  Two main types of good followers

Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:31:26 +0000
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Two main types of good followers

Overall followers styles are more uniform in BsAs than in the US. This
shouldnt come as a surprise since tango came to the United States and is
promoted in the country by many different people, not all of them are good
instructors or good social dancers for that matter. There are not so hot
instructors in BsAs too but if you live there it is relatively easy to find
your way to the better ones.

After about one month of dancing in BsAs I began to distinguish two somewhat
distinct types of dancers. One type of dancers dance more upright. Because
of this they have exceptionally easy, quick and sharp turns. One example was
student of Alicia Ponce. A slight variation of this style was when I had to
change my upper body to be more concave. This happened with two shorter
followers.

Another more common style is more inclined (a hybrid between inverted Y and
inverted V). This style leaves a lot of room between leader and followers
feet and therefore makes it very easy to play with followers axis and with
rhythms. One example was student of Gavito and Maria Plazaola. Ana Maria
Shapira teaches this style too.

Cheers, Oleh K.
Colorado Springs
https://TangoSpring.com