Does anyone realize or acknowledge how"undertaught"followers tend to be? How would a lady with a great desire,and perhaps latent ability, to do the things you so beautifully describe and be the follower who can have fun herself and play with you leaders without spending oodles of time and money to travel to the few places advertising that followers are catered to and given ways,means and permission to be something more than a pawn in the game? If all that is available for instruction are males(yes,from Argentina too!),the attention is generally on the leader. Some otherwise good instructors either
forget (?!)or don't know how to guide followers except to repeat ad nauseum "keep your energy up"! And to make matters more difficult,disdain to dance in practica or milonga with less experienced followers unless they are young and/or pretty,then it doesn't matter if they can dance or walk and chew gum at the same time. After the initial learning curve of giving up control,there is little to get excited about except the eternal hope of arriving someday to some cherished place that you've seen in a movie or heard about from someone who has been there, or if you still believe the fairy tale that tango is all about the woman...with respect and to make her look her best. You have to dance with(and learn from) a lot of frogs. Maybe I am mad at men too.....but more with the system that accepts this. Kathryn On 7/26/07, Igor Polk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ed, > > I never was in any doubt that she is a good dancer and has many friends. > It > shows. > > I hope I will get a chance to dance with her.. > > > > So, what would you say about what I said: "A lady is never free to > interpret > the lead" following with my explanation? > > > > BTW, I am not against distracting of the lead in ladies interpretation of > the lead. Consider it as a puzzle. > > > > Igor. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > Tango-L@mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list Tango-L@mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l