4021  mlinete shape

Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2006 16:24:11 EST
From: TimmyTango@AOL.COM
Subject: mlinete shape

What I have learned and practice is
the chair is used only as an exercise to teach that every step in a molinete
is the same and equal distance. (gate)
Weather your taking a forward step, side, or back step. Every step the same.
To many beginners even after doing this exercise forget or just don't do the
side or open step.
I can't think of one instructor teaching me or the people in my workshops
that the molinete must be performed with 4 steps per revolution.

What I also teach and practice is after showing a person the molinete around
a chair (actually I like to use a plastic milk basket that milk cartons come
in, and walking around the square basket is very hard for the first time) is
that the molinete is performed on an imaginary circle around the leader. Each
foot step on that circle.
How many steps it takes depends on the person doing them and the leader
leading the follower.
I also show them that each foot step, their foot must point in the direction
of the leader, making the pivot or turn smaller, and having less friction
between the shoe and floor. It's less effort on the followers part.
It also keeps her heart or chest in direct line with the leaders heart of
chest. Any step that the follower take and her feet are pointing outwards means
she no longer dancing with the leader. She is walking away from him, forward
step, or back ward step.
I never saw anyone taking off points for not stepping 4 times per revolution.

And last for walking away from the leader only means she now takes him off
his axis.

I'm not a neuvo follower, but either neuvo or salon. I can't see this
happening without the man coming off his axis