More on walking
This appeared on a friend’s Facebook tonight. Apparently Jaiver Rodriguez, who will be arriving in Singapore in a few days’ time, said the following duirng Hong Kong leg of his current Asian tour with Stella Misse.
Javier: “When a man walks nicely, the woman dies in his embrace.”
Stella: “When a man walks badly, the woman wants to die.”
Well, as they say, the devil is in the details…
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Re-learning to walk
In March 2007, we organised a series of workshops by Hsueh-tze Lee. After hearing so much about her, finally got some first-hand experiences!
Here are some snippets of thoughts after the lessons, which (the writing, that is…) have stayed in incubation for the better part of a year. 
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The look and feel
“It’s not how it looks, but how it feels.”
Over dinner tonight, this phrase popped into my head suddenly.
I guess it may have something to do with the conversation I had with a friend after the milonga on the previous night?
Basically he was commenting on the quality of the performances he witnessed at a milonga. While the Asian performers were impeccable in their execution and timing, the Argentinian couple which followed the first performance committed some errors here and there. Nevertheless he still preferred the number by the Argentinian couple because they danced with feelings and had more emotional “content”.
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Active following
Over the last weekend, Hsueh-tze Lee had just completed the latest series of workshops in Singapore.
As on previous trips, she again emphasized the benefits of “active following” for followers. In fact, after having taken her classes as well as having danced with her in the milongas, I have very high regard for her excellent following and sensitive leading, and some first-hand experience of how active following can enhance the dance experience.
Now what do I mean (or what I understood it to be, from leader’s perspective) by “active following”?
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