[Tango-L] About six months ago...

[Robert Wallace]

About six months ago I wrote about the frustrations of a newbe  
looking for a partner and trying to learn Tango. Since that time I  
have found a partner of sorts. She is always there for the advanced  
beginner's class that I now attend. We are supposed to change  
partners every ten minutes but there never seems to be enough singles  
to change. B and I always seem to be dancing together and lately we  
have refused to change partners even-though we can. The other night I  
looked her in the eyes to see how she was doing and her eyes were  
closed. It was very reassuring to see her eyes closed and I think she  
must trust me as a leader. We were able to negotiate a particular  
difficult step for our ability and both took great pleasure in  
completing it successfully. It was then I decided to have a little  
fun with her. I became more aggressive with my movements and more  
precise and felt that I was greatly over exaggerating the leading.  
She looked up at me and said that she liked the new way I was leading  
her. First the eyes  closed, then the compliment on the leading and  
now, I think I'm starting to learn what Argentine Tango is about.  
Naturally, I want to build on this experience and it will require  
more time before I'm able to dance how feel, but the bottom line is  
I'm feeling better about my dancing and my partner noticed the  
feeling. We really enjoy dancing with each other. For what it's worth...


R. Wallace


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