5377  How about a duet?

Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:33:13 -0500
From: buffmilonguera@aol.com
Subject: [Tango-L] How about a duet?
To: tango-L@mit.edu

Manyof the men, who I assume areleaders, are talking about what they
"let" happen, "allow" to happen, etc. I think what is really
disturbing to women (btw, Carol, I have danced with the type of leads
you describe - but never twice.....) is that this type of language
leaves no apparent room for women to contribute to the "music" - unless
"allowed to." When I am leading, it is a dynamic interplay - I may
lead "something" - her response to that lead then informs my next lead,
and I may yet hear her "say" something else that presents an
opportunity to respond in a different way, and so on, and so on. This
is why, when I am following, I don't like when the lead sort of
"disengages" to allow me to do some tricks and then starts dancing
again.

I am definitely of the school of thought that tango is completely lead,
so the notion of roles makes sense to me - but the roles are equal and
dynamiic because (and I apologize in advance) it takes two to
tango......(groan...)


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Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:38:50 -0800
From: "Igor Polk" <ipolk@virtuar.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] How about a duet?
To: <tango-L@mit.edu>

buffmilonguera@aol.com :
"type of language leaves no apparent room for women to contribute to the
"music" - unless
"allowed to."

- do you think a violin does not contribute to music?
You are obviously not a musician. A violin controls a musician. Not
opposite.

Ladies, you can be compared to a finely tuned violin
Or to a not-tuned, creaky, squeaky, broken violin.
It is up to you to choose what to be..

I hope you have noticed the comparison of a leader to a dancer in my
previous message..
And a dancer is a .... what he can be compared to ;) ?

So, guys, you'd better pull your stings up !


Igor Polk