[Tango-L] Did you wow your partner?

[Michael]

Sharon:
I mean that the woman finishes her adornment, step over, or something else at the end of a measure or phrase. (It feels better at the end of a phrase because it feels like a period at the end of a sentence.) She takes her time to add an adornment to her boleo or stepover. She knows what I have lead and subtly sends a signal "Don't worry. I'll finish on time with the music." This is part of tango's dialogue. I communicate "Do whatever you want. I'll wait for you. Just don't hurt me!"   I'm not a DJ so the best advice I give is listen to Pugliese. His music is very strongly marked, like an army marching. Walk to his music and you'll feel the end of phrases. Musically, I'm pretty sure a phrase is 16 measures.

Michael
I danced Argentine Tango --with the Argentines


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sharon Pedersen 
  To: Tango-L 
  Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Did you wow your partner?


  On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Michael <tangomaniac at cavtel.net> wrote:
  > I compliment good dancers where good is defined as ease of movement and
  > musicality,

  What is the measure of a follower's musicality?  (Measure is the wrong word for this, but I can't think of the right word.)  For a leader, I measure musicality by, most basically, are they on the beat, but then, are they surging and suspending with the music, dancing large and small, fast and slow, as the music moves.  But what can a follower do,
  bound as she is to dance the music the leader dances?

  Puzzled (but eager for enlightenment),
  __Sharon