[Tango-L] followers expressiveness

[jackie ling wong]

as most people on this list know, i lead and i follow.  i have been  
told that one of my best qualities as a dancer is my ability to  
express myself musically.  to quote someone... "you dance the music".   
this is not through only embellishments.

now, i have led many followers... and there are followers who just  
follow which is nice and then there are followers who dance with  
you....  who dance melodically... and hear the notes that are   
emphasized and can translate that to their dance.  it feels like they  
are reading my mind because my expression in the dance becomes so  
easy.  her/his boleo considers not only the time of the movement but  
the energy, how the beat is used (emphasized at the beg. of the  
beat...etc)...  it feels like painting.

i probably am not expressing this correctly and please don't give me  
grief for that.  in fact, if someone can express it better, i would  
love to hear it.

my question...  how do you teach this?  is there an exercise that can  
help people understand what i am saying?

thanks
jackie