[Tango-L] "Would you like to lead or follow?"

[Jack Dylan]

I was planning to reply to Martin but Ron and Sergio have said it all much 
better than I could. And thanks to Nina for giving a lady's view. To me, Tango 
is a dance between a man and a woman. Part of the man's role is to lead and 
part of the woman's role is to follow. But there's more to the man's role than 
just leading and there's more to the lady's role than just following. 
And, in my opinion, for once Mario is right. To dance tango well I believe a man 
must truly feel like a man. But when Martin says he believes in equality of the 
genders, I again agree. But that doesn't mean men and women are the same 
or can be the same.
The above is talking about social dancing in the milonga. Practicing in the role 
of the woman, either with a male or female partner can be very useful. But that's 
just practice. Often very boring but unfortunately, for some of us, very necessary.
Jack
----- Original Message ----
> From: Martin Waxman <martin at waxman.net>
> 
> There is no rule in Argentine Tango that the man has to be the leader?
> 
> I have been asked by them if I would like to follow, and I have accepted.
> It's still Argentine Tango.