5345  Boleo & Contra-boleo

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:37:13 -0700
From: <doug@swingfusion.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Boleo & Contra-boleo
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>

I'm confused. I thought:

Circular boleo - I rotate woman and then stop or reverse her rotation. Free
leg continues to create boleo.

Circular contra-boleo - I initiate rotation and free leg remains behind
creating boleo.

If I understand correctly, her leg goes nowhere(!) in contra-boleo, just
remains where it is, so it could not possibly hit anything. Now if at end
of contra-boleo I stop her rotation with some energy, or reverse her
direction, I have led a second boleo that is a regular circular boleo and
leg could certainly hit something. But if I slow her down nicely, free leg
just collects.



I lead contra-boleo, not regular boleo, in crowded conditions because leg
remains entirely within already occupied space and does not fly out into
neighbors.



For linear boleo, can not lead contra-boleo unless you essentially pick up
woman and move her linearly through space leaving leg behind. Not easy and
probably not pretty. Liner boleo appears to always require that woman is
stepping and lead stops and free foot/leg continues.

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:05:47 -0700
From: <doug@swingfusion.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Boleo & Contra-boleo Addendum
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>

Clarification re linear boleo. One can of course lead say back linear boleo
and, as leg swings down, provide small front energy leading a front linear
boleo with no additional stepping. But just successive linear boleos, not
linear contra-boleo as I understand word.

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:06:06 -0500
From: Keith <keith@tangohk.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Boleo & Contra-boleo
To: tango-l@mit.edu

Doug,

A Boleo with a leg that goes nowhere - that is confusing, as is your general
description of a Boleo. In a Boleo the woman's foot will change direction. A
Back Boleo will start in a Back Cross and end in a Front Cross - the opposite
for a Front Boleo.

For a woman's footwork in High Boleos, check out this YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdUpCPUJkR8&feature=PlayList&pHB72A2BE938B1B3&index&

Keith, HK

On Mon Dec 17 0:37 , sent:

>I'm confused. I thought:
>
>Circular boleo - I rotate woman and then stop or reverse her rotation. Free
>leg continues to create boleo.
>
>Circular contra-boleo - I initiate rotation and free leg remains behind
>creating boleo.
>
>If I understand correctly, her leg goes nowhere(!) in contra-boleo, just
>remains where it is, so it could not possibly hit anything. Now if at end
>of contra-boleo I stop her rotation with some energy, or reverse her
>direction, I have led a second boleo that is a regular circular boleo and
>leg could certainly hit something. But if I slow her down nicely, free leg
>just collects.

Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:31:06 -0700
From: <doug@swingfusion.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Boleo & Contra-boleo
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>, <keith@tangohk.com>

Is just physics. Easy (linear) example. Hold stick loosely at top. Move
hand laterally at uniform rate. Now stop hand. Lower end of stick
continues to swing forward like ordinary type boleo. Now again hold stick
loosely with hand stationary. Then quickly move hand. Lower end of stick
remains essentially just where it was and then begins to move after hand has
displaced. First case working with kinetic energy (body in motion tends to
remain in motion), second case with inertia (body at rest tends to remain at
rest). Can certainly do rotationally as well, but linear example with stick
(or kitchen knife as I sit here at breakfast) is easiest to see. As with
any energy move in Tango, follow must be sensitive to possibilities and lead
must clearly delineate energy and rate of change of energy.



D.