[Tango-L] Counting steps and beats when dancing Tango. Was: How to dance the "3 3 2" form

[Brick Robbins]

The musicians use counts when they identify the type of music.

Tango is 4/4, Vals is 3/4.

They use counts when they learn to play, and the most leaders do some
form of counting 1 -- 2-- 3 -- 4 when they start the orchestra
playing. Even purely improvisational musicians such as Jazz artists
usually do some form of this.

Tango is built upon a typical 8 bar (measure) harmonic cadence (chord
progression) so it is built upon major units of 4x8=32 beats.

I find, the most common pieces that lend themselves to movement tend
to be units of 2,4,8,16,32 beats, or half, one two four and 8 measures

Some find it useful to understand the structure of the music so they
can explore the possibilities that the structure presents.

Do I count when I dance? No.
Do I count when I practice? sometimes
Do I count when I learn? Yes