[Tango-L] Women leading III

[Sergio Vandekier]

Now, finally we are going to the point.

We know as a fact of life, that in tango like in life, there are two roles a 
feminine one, and a masculine one.

Second self evident truth is that in any couple or partner dance one person 
(the man) leads and the other follows, (the woman).

Third observation: in all my years of dancing ballroom and country-western I 
never (or very, very seldom - usually dance instructors) saw women leading.

So the question is: why do women want to lead in tango?

A few possibilities:

1 - There is a women/men disproportion and women are sitting bored,   they 
learn to lead so that they can have fun as well. but... this disproportion 
happens in ballroom and country-western as well and they do not seem to be 
interested in leading except when they are dance instructors.

In the other dances both partners make the same moves, one the mirror image 
of the other
(except in some turns and a few figures). Those dances are said to be 
symmetrical.

Tango is asymmetrical. The man does different foot work from that of the 
woman.

Here we have again the two worlds, feminine and masculine...and women are 
interested in doing the masculine role.

2 - The man leads in all dances but some are symmetrical and predictable, 
tango is unpredictable, improvised. It is possible that some women wish to 
create their own tango, rather than walk hand in hand and cooperate in 
creating a tango suggested by the man. In doing so they are departing from 
their feminine role.
So some women love to create a tango, lead it properly and  doing a nice 
musical interpretation.

3 - Some women see teaching tango as an interesting occupation and decide to 
learn both roles.

4 - They are masculine and like dancing with other women.

5 - They are feminists who wish to do anything a man can do.

At this point I wish to ask : Why do you like to dance as a man? or as a 
leader?

this question may be answered bu women or men the same.

Un abrazo, Sergio

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