[Tango-L] Male / Female - Defining the different roles.

[Jack Dylan]

Sean, you may well be right but I'd like to hear more about your views.

The man is the leader and must surely take responsibility for the dance. 
All the steps, pauses, cadence and tiempo are determined by the man. 
Yes, the lady can make great contributions with what happens between 
the steps and can, occasionally, if the man is sensitive, even influence 
the man's next lead, but it's still difficult to see how Mario's statement 
is not correct. 

I once danced an improvised demonstration with a well-known visiting 
Argentinean professional who was promoting her classes and she 
probably had more influence on that dance than I did. But it was a 
one-off demonstration and very different to when I danced with her 
socially. 

Also, I very much doubt that any social dancer could do 
what she did and, if they did, it would be too exhausting 
to get through even one tanda. :-) 

Jack 



----- Original Message ----
> From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS) <patangos at yahoo.com>
> 
> Mario <sopelote at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> One of the differences in roles that most impresses me is how the man is 
>responsible for the dance itself. That is; he sets the cadence the movements the 
>vital feel of the dance.
> 
> Sean Here:
> 
> This is the man's archetypal fantasy of tango. It is so important, that if you 
>take it away from him, then what you have left might not even be tango. The 
>problem then is, it has been repeated so many times that women are starting to 
>believe it too. 
>
>