Trini I would agree with this immesely - as a follower, certainly I'm more limited. As a leader, I don't have to think anywhere near as much as most of my leading dance process is now well and truly bedded.
However, when many of the women I know start to lead, they go through this enormous learning curve and realise just how difficult it is for the leader and almost immediately have more respect for the leaders that do not only lead well, but musically and navigate and protect and... The same can be said for men learning to follow for whatever reason that they have, they then understand how much hard it is to follow and then how important it is to lead clearly - this is why all my male students learn to do both sides at some point. The revelations that they have are very important - especially when it comes to pushing and pulling with the arms (lets not debate this again...). Damian > > I don't feel those artistic restrictions as a follower, perhaps that's just > because I'm more skilled as a follower than as a leader. And while we hear > all the time that men need to adjust to the level of the follower, I don't > think women quite fully appreciate what they are asking of the leaders. > Kudos to the guys who just keep plugging away at this dance and making > ordinary women feel special. > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
