[Tango-L] How to initiate lean

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

While suspension is one way to signal the woman not to step forward, I prefer a technique in which the man steps back but leaves the his chest more-or-less where it was so that the woman feels his support.  Essentially, he gives her his weight so that they have a shared axis.  If the woman feels the man's chest going away from her, she will naturally want to follow and she'll step.

However, with learning volcadas, it's common for the woman to lean instead of stepping forward when the man wants her to step forward.  This is where I think a lot of videos that teach more advanced steps fail - they don't distinguish the different possibilities so that the women are shortchanged in learning what they should be feeling as a lead.  So what happens?  The man ends up blaming the woman when she can't execute what he wants to lead.

Trini de Pittsburgh