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

[Sorin Varzaru]

>"Wow, this is confusing!..I dance tango in order to feel like a man...

Hmm, maybe that's the problem. It could be just me, but in order to feel
like a man, I just have to be awake/conscious. While not all women who lead
are good dancers, nearly ALL great women dancers I ever danced with know how
to lead.

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Tonight, I asked a woman to dance. She replied, "Would you like to lead or
> follow?"
>  I was startled. I answered "Do I look like a follow?..Hello-o-o. I had
> lapsed into Valley girl
>  speak when what I should have done was my impersonation of Christopher
> Walken.
>  So, Ok, I got it together and did my best Chris "Wow, this is
> confusing!..I dance tango in order to feel like a man...and what do I
> get?...unisex?
>   What's this.. no more man, woman? Is that it? ...she replied again, "No,
> I just wanted to
>  know if you wanted to lead or follow?"  I could have milked the scene, it
> was rich material
>  so, I did a couple more lines in my best Christopher Walken voice
> (whenever I feel vulnerable, I go to Chris) and then we danced.
>   It's the man who approaches the woman. It takes a bit of nerve to feel
> like you can
>  pull it off with her...it's not easy.  There should be some respect..I
> don't get any respect.
>
>
>
>
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