2377  Manuel's excellent post on The Code etc.

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 20:38:33 +1200
From: Mel Roddie <melroyr@SLINGSHOT.CO.NZ>
Subject: Re: Manuel's excellent post on The Code etc.

An excellent discourse on the Tango code by Manuel.
One thing (among many) that he pointed out ....... regarding the giro/molinette .......

> Should the woman suddenly stop the turn ... ...... etc ...?
> Of course not, the woman would continue to follow the code
> and continue her molinete until the man leads something else.

I often find followers expect a molinete/giro to end in some figure that they have been taught.
For instance they get to the back cross and expect, and do, 'do' a gancho or whatever.
Now I know this won't apply to the majority of followers on this list, but if there are any who aren't sure about this, it is important to =
continue the molinete/giro until the man leads something else.

Personally, as a leader, I won't necessarily have any fixed plan of what I am going to do with the giro, it's improvisation and its to the music. =
As I turn my shoulder away I would hope the follower follows me around until I take her out of it. This is my understanding anyway.

Of course I may be wrong, so correct me, this is what this list is for right!

Mel.
(The one from NZ)

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 05:40:22 EDT
From: LGMoseley@AOL.COM
Subject: Re: Manuel's excellent post on The Code etc.

In a message dated 10/04/2004 09:46:41 GMT Daylight Time,
melroyr@SLINGSHOT.CO.NZ writes:

> An excellent discourse on the Tango code by Manuel.
> One thing (among many) that he pointed out ....... regarding the
> giro/molinette .......
>
> >Should the woman suddenly stop the turn ... ...... etc ...?
> >Of course not, the woman would continue to follow the code
> >and continue her molinete until the man leads something else.
>
> I often find followers expect a molinete/giro to end in some figure that
> they have been taught.
> For instance they get to the back cross and expect, and do, 'do' a gancho
> or whatever.
> Now I know this won't apply to the majority of followers on this list, but
> if there are any who aren't sure about this, it is important to continue the
> molinete/giro until the man leads something else.
>
> Personally, as a leader, I won't necessarily have any fixed plan of what I
> am going to do with the giro, it's improvisation and its to the music. As I
> turn my shoulder away I would hope the follower follows me around until I take
> her out of it. This is my understanding anyway.
>
> Of course I may be wrong, so correct me, this is what this list is for
> right!
>
> Mel.
> (The one from NZ)
>

Brief, accurate, and useful. Thanks

Laurie