5456  How the element is called?

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:17:33 -0800
From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk@virtuar.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] How the element is called?
To: <tango-l@mit.edu>

Who the element is called when she is stepping over a man's foot?
( Not the actual stop )
Thank you!

Igor Polk

Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:24:57 EST
From: Crrtango@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] How the element is called?
To: TANGO-L@mit.edu

Igor wrote:
<<<<Who (sic) the element is called when she is stepping over a man's foot?
( Not the actual stop )>>>

Not sure exactly what you are asking but I think you might be thinking of the
amague (ah-MAH-gay).

Cheers,
Charles



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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:58:23 EST
From: Crrtango@aol.com
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] How the element is called?
To: TANGO-L@mit.edu

Sas wrote:
<<<<The man's foot out is a bareta and the lady stepping over is a parada
(SIC) [Spelling Incorrect, I know. The spellings most likely WRONG.]>>>>

Sorry, but that is not correct. The man's foot out is not a barrida (if
that is what you mean to say) because that means "sweep" in Spanish, like when
you "sweep the floor" or in tango when you sweep or push the followers's foot
along the floor - it describes a motion, not a stopping of the motion.
Parada means stop, as in to stop something from moving. (It can also mean a
bus stop or train station, like where the bus or train "stops."). In this case,
it is most likely an amague, which means a feint or a "threat" (in the
lightest sense though) if that is what he is asking.

Charles




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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:29:02 -0500
From: Ira Goldstein <eyegee@twcny.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] How the element is called?

I think stepping over one's partner's foot is called a "pasada"...