[Tango-L] On similes and such like...

[Michael]

Woman can do plenty without a leader, if they know how.. and want to. The ONLY workshop I ever took on this subject was at the summer NY Tango Festival. The class, interleading, by Virginia Kelly, taught women how to stop the man from moving and add her own dialogue to the dance. I don't remember all the examples, but I do remember the man leading a stepover. The woman steps over, and drags the man foot. I know that would give some men a coronary. Another example is the man leads a front ocho, and the woman stops the man's frame because she wants to embellish the pivot. The woman isn't back leading by leading the man into a particular figure. She just stops the man's movement because she wants to do something. The problem is few women know or want to do this. Even when a man leads a step over, few women take the opportunity to embellish it. Granted, the man's frame may not allow the freedom, which is a shame. 

Michael
Going to Atlanta Friday. Will file my taxes when I return.
I'd rather be dancing Argentine Tango

Somebody (I can't keep track with messages pasted on top of messages) wrote:

But leaders are needed.., else the ladies would be out there dancing by themselves.  To whatever degree one 'accepts' it.., the ladies can do nothing on the Tango floor without a leader.