Tango dance walking techniques

One really significant characteristic of Argentine tango is the walk outdoors of the legs of the follower. The within walk belongs originally to the American Tango. It is seen in Argentine Tango, but it does not belong to it originally[citation needed]. Another difference is that the leader may freely step with his left foot when the follower advances with her left foot.
In English, this is sometimes referred to as a "crossed" (e.g. "walking in the crossed system") or "uneven" walk in contrast to the normal walk which is called "parallel" or "even." In ballroom tango, "crossed system" is considered incorrect unless the leader and follower are facing the same direction[citation needed]. Furthermore, the flexibility of the hug allows the leaders to Making a change his weight from one foot to another while the follower's weight remains unchanged. This is another major difference with ballroom tango, where a weight definite change by one partner usually leads to a weight switch by the other.

The nomenclature created with the Naveira/Salas "Investigation Group." Early on, they used 'even/uneven' to illustrate the arrangement of legs in the walk (or turn). By the mid-1990s, they began using 'parallel/crossed' and later 'normal/crossed'. In dance the modifiying of feet is named contrapaso, or "contra-step". This clear change can be made off or on the normal beat.

parallel system walk