The man leads. He determines the step. That is his role. But there is so much more to this dance than leading steps.
If I dance to the same music with 10 different women, together we will create 10 very different dances. I will lead every step for every dance, and the women will follow. But still every dance will be different. I will listen to, reflect and be influenced by each woman's interpretation. I cannot transcend my own dance. But if the woman dances with me, rather than merely follows... Daniel Lapadula described it this way: Imagine the man is a cup of coffee. And imagine that all women are different; one woman is steamed cream, another is sugar, and a third is Irish Whiskey. Each will improve the coffee, but the combination of any one of them with the coffee will be very different. [More than one at a time, or anything involving whipped cream, and you have to go to a different list. :-)] Susana Miller once said (about a woman obsessed with technique), that a woman may follow flawlessly, and yet never dance. She asked why I would waste my time with a woman who doesn't dance, no matter how well she follows. Sean --- Krasimir Stoyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Look all the good performances on youtube. Do you see a single one, where the leader does not DETERMINE the step? I have yet to see any, good or even bad, performance where both are equal 50% leaders. PATangoS - Pittsburgh Argentine Tango Society Our Mission: To make Argentine Tango Pittsburghs most popular social dance! http://patangos.home.comcast.net/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
