[Tango-L] Women's role

[Kathryn Johns]

Does anyone realize or acknowledge how"undertaught"followers
tend to be? How would a lady with a great desire,and perhaps latent
ability,
to do the things you so beautifully describe and be the follower who can
have
fun herself and play with you leaders without spending oodles of time and
money to travel to the few places advertising that followers are catered to
and given ways,means and permission to be something more than a pawn in
the game?
If all that is available for instruction are males(yes,from Argentina
too!),the
attention is generally on the leader. Some otherwise good instructors either

forget (?!)or don't know how to guide followers except to repeat ad nauseum
"keep your energy up"! And to make matters more difficult,disdain to dance
in
practica or milonga with less experienced followers unless they are young
and/or pretty,then it doesn't matter if they can dance or walk and chew gum
at the same time.
After the initial learning curve of giving up control,there is little to get
excited
about except the eternal hope of arriving someday to some cherished place
that you've seen in a movie or heard about from someone who has been there,
or if you still believe the fairy tale that tango is all about the
woman...with respect
and to make her look her best.
You have to dance with(and learn from) a lot of frogs.
Maybe I am mad at men too.....but more with the system that accepts this.

Kathryn





On 7/26/07, Igor Polk <ipolk at virtuar.com> wrote:
>
> Ed,
>
> I never was in any doubt that she is a good dancer and has many friends.
> It
> shows.
>
> I hope I will get a chance to dance with her..
>
>
>
> So, what would you say about what I said: "A lady is never free to
> interpret
> the lead"  following with my explanation?
>
>
>
> BTW, I am not against distracting of the lead in ladies interpretation of
> the lead. Consider it as a puzzle.
>
>
>
> Igor.
>
>
>
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