[Tango-L] Women's role

Igor Polk ipolk at virtuar.com
Thu Jul 26 21:16:54 EDT 2007


It is a good effect Razorgirl made here..

The message is good but it is not deep enough. 
The question is "How?"

Also I'd like to ask Razorgirl about this contradiction:

In 2 you said: 

".. way in which she interprets the lead is her choice, so as a leader you
have to be aware of and open to the possibilities she presents."

In 3 you said:
 
".. the spaces in between what you lead are hers to play with."

Can you see the contradiction?



I am a little skeptical since I have problems with those girls who
"interpret the lead the way they want" in the way which means "They are not
able to interpret the lead correctly" == Ocho Machine. The first sign of
these under-taught ladies - they are unstoppable.

I do not want people to mistake a mastery of free improvisation dance for
inability to dance with a partner 
I want to believe the Razorgirl message is the first, but it is incomplete,
so the beginners might think that they are free to do what they want (
including bad things ).

What I'd like to say is

(A) She is never free to interpret the lead. Her interpretation of lead
should either support it, develop it further, or contradict it to play with.
In other words - "Communicating". Then it becomes fluent and pleasant dance,
sometime more - a masterpiece. 

( Of course, if there is lead, Gentlemen! Good, gentle, energetic, definite,
precise. Not unclear, grabbing, breaking, sluggish, ripping, cold. But I do
not even want to think about it right now. I am very angry at men. )

Yeah, beginner ladies. Try to interpret the lead "free". You risk to get
left without partners.

There are some ladies who are magical dancers right out of the box without
any classes. But they never interpret the lead free. They do what I've just
mentioned above in (A).

Igor Polk















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