Talk:Lead and follow

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History[edit]

I've cleared the discussion - see history. All concerns addressed long ago !
Gender-neutral terms used throughout, as far as I can see.
Seems general enough to cover all dance forms well.
--195.137.93.171 10:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jargon[edit]

I am concerned that jargon is used differently in different countries and dances.

Particularly :
'Compression' and Tension' - in scientific physical terms, these could mean forces or pressures (pressure = force divided by area).
The article uses them to mean motion instead, which in scientific medical terms would be called 'Flexion' and 'Extension'.

In (some) Jive/Swing circles, 'Leverage' means 'tension': in scientific physical terms leverage means multiplying a force with a beam and a pivot/hinge !
In West Coast Swing, what this article calls 'leverage' or 'grounding' is known as 'anchoring' or 'posting' !
I'm not sure what the answer is, but edit wars are to be avoided ...
--195.137.93.171 10:05, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re-structuring[edit]

The nested levels had become confused, and bits seemed duplicate and out-of-sequence.

I've also removed

In Caribbean dances the hip contact is more for the sensual touch, and quickly gets into the way of the more advanced figures.

because it had mostly been said already and I wasn't sure if it meant 'hip contact gets in the way' or 'helps you get into the way of doing' - apologies to the author, but written english is difficult to use clearly! --195.137.93.171 (talk) 10:41, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pulse[edit]

No mention that I could see of pulse or maintenance of the beat. Perhaps an oversight or not needed here, I'll have to read again. Essential part of leading and following in some Charleston and Balboa. Litui (talk) 23:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Language and tone[edit]

I don't think this Lead and Follow page clearly explains how to actually lead or follow. While I agree with most everything in it. I'm not sure it really helps the novice and I feel that the general tone doesn't communicate how to actually dance. I don't mean to criticize and am not trying to offend anybody, my only concern is people being able to dance after reading about it so they can dance and have more fun:) And so I would like to dialog with people but haven't figured out wikipedia yet. And will be making changes over the next month and looking forward to the conversations to take placeJavacaliente (talk) 19:37, 13 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I organized some of the categories. While I know there are some messes that have been created i feel its better to at least start the clean up process rather than not do anything at all with the hopes of having it done "perfect". Javacaliente (talk) 09:41, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Lead and Follow[edit]

Does the role of the lead and follow in terms of job description and how it is properly done have any relevance with which sex is the lead or follow? Because I don't see the relevance to it and would like to delete the conversation pertaining to local dance customs( meaning, which sex is lead and which sex is follow) and focus on the lead and follow and how it is done. Or conversely start a subsection and discuss that only there and leave the rest of the article to lead and follow terminology. Javacaliente (talk) 00:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Circular reference[edit]

Hi,

anyone noticed that this article refers in the "References" section to a web page, which itself says that the text is "pulled" from this very same Wikipedia article?

Best regards 77.2.137.146 (talk) 01:51, 21 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

History section please[edit]

How did "Lead and follow" develop? Have there been other kinds of dancing without "lead and follow" before?--89.12.139.120 (talk) 14:08, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What's the name of the male partner? Camarero?[edit]

Thank you --SvenAERTS (talk) 07:07, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]