[Tango-L] Who's leading?

[steve pastor]

For refuge from politcal correctness, I don't think anything beats Country Western.
  While I see, here in Portland, men practicing with men, and women leading men at
  practicas, (and even, rarely, at milongas) I have only seen two men dancing together
  once or twice at a Country Western place in the course of over a decade of going out
  once or twice a week. (It's mostly those West Coast Swing dancers.)
  Lois Donnay asked, quite some time ago, if AT attracts a more liberal crowd. As I 
  remember it, she didn't get any public response. Yes, AT attracts a more liberal crowd
  than country western, for sure, at least here in Portland.
   
  
fortune elkins <frelkins at aliencamel.com> wrote:
  As a total newbie, who has been taking classes for about 3 weeks, let 
me say that I personally benefit from a lead who knows who he is, 
where he wants to go, isn't afraid to be Tango Man and give a clear 
lead. I personally find I dance much better when I can zone out, 
listen to the music, close my eyes, and just focus on the leading 
signals.

But that requires the lead to LEAD ME. HE HAS GOT TO DRIVE. Then the 
dance looks like tango and not say, jitterbug. Thank god tango seems a 
refuge from political correctness.

This is my first post, but I am equipped for the inevitable flames 
that will come my way. (grin) All I can say is, if any patient guy 
with a clear assertive lead is around, that's the one I hope to dance 
with!

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:01:33 -0400
Keith wrote:
> Hahahaha. That's what I thought, but it sounds better coming from a 
>woman.
> 
> Guy sounds like a dufus.
> 
> Keith, HK
> 
> On Thu Sep 20 23:01 , Nina Pesochinsky sent:
> 
>>If someone had offered me to "do a few milongas", I am not sure I 
>>would have answered it any differently than this woman. :)
>>
>>Language holds power. Never underestimate the power of seduction 
>>(salesmanship, persuasion). This is an example of a failed sales 
>>attempt. The man had 2 seconds for a sales pitch and he failed to 
>>sell himself and the experience he was offering to the woman, and she 
>>did not want to be a woman with him.
>>
>>Nina
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Overheard recently at a Portland Tango event:
>>>
>>> MAN: Would you like to do a few of these milongas?
>>> WOMAN: Not as a woman.
>>> MAN: OK. Thanks anyhow.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Igor Polk ipolk at virtuar.com> wrote:
>>> A woman.
>>>
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