Re: [Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-10 Thread Michael
Mario: I think you're missing the point. Imagine how a woman feels dancing. Shes moving backwards, unable to see. Yet, she has to entrust her safety and security to somebody who may not be paying attention to traffic. Women want to feel protected from harm. On top of that, they want a chance to

Re: [Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-10 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Mario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't get it...why is the guy always the > 'heavy'? > Are men always the 'stupid' one? Always who > 'needs improvement'? > Always too thick to 'understand' that they should > learn to dance in the woman's shoes, too? > This just sound

[Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-10 Thread Mario
I don't get it...why is the guy always the 'heavy'? Are men always the 'stupid' one? Always who 'needs improvement'? Always too thick to 'understand' that they should learn to dance in the woman's shoes, too? This just sounds like 'bull' to me..sorry. Give me a place where 'men are men' an

Re: [Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-10 Thread Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
--- On Thu, 10/9/08, Lois Donnay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How do you get leaders to work on following? Maybe tricking them is the way to go. Perhaps having the men do a combination that has them doing variations on the molinete as leaders. Or perhaps they are the ones doing the backward o

Re: [Tango-L] Lead and follow

2008-10-10 Thread Tango For Her
Lois, Perhaps the answer lies in illustrating the followers technique in terms of the lead.  For example, you know that you can show followers technique for beginning a step to the front, side or back.  If I want to step, with my left foot, to my follower's left, I think in terms of followers

[Tango-L] Dallas Milongas?

2008-10-10 Thread Tango For Her
I can find a list of the Dallas milongas.  But, can anyone tell me which ones are heavily attended by the better dancers? Thanks ___ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l