Nina, I completely agree and it's why I always use the terms 'man's role' and lady's role', rather than leader and follower. I'm sure there can be no logical reason why a lady can't lead just as well as a man, but there are plenty of reasons why a lady can't effectively take the man's role. And the main one is .... she's not a man! :-).
For me, the greatest pleasure in Tango is embracing the lady and she embracing me. Take that away and I'd might as well just stick to Ballroom. Btw, I know plenty of ladies who can do an excellent job dancing as lead in Ballroom. In fact, it's so popular that it's often a separate event in competitions. In Ballroom, feelings don't get in the way :-). Keith, HK On Wed May 7 4:20 , Nina Pesochinsky sent: >The man-woman thing in tango is pretty precious. Where else do you >find it? > >No place but in tango, of course! It can be pure romance, with no >commitment, no obligation, and no further responsibility > >So why give up on the man-woman thing? > >Nina > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
