Re: [TANGO-L] Teachers who lead and follow

[Derik Rawson <rawsonweb@YAHOO.COM>]

Dear Trini:

Again, I agree with you 100 percent.

"I think the surprise comes because men
tend to focus on vocabulary a lot and can fall back on
using muscles (often inadvertently), whereas women who
dance the man's part focus more on musicality and/or
do not resort to using muscle as often.  So it's that
gentleness or musicality that they appreciate."

There is a difference....

This is why we often hear than men are the muscle (the
drummers who provide a strong lead and often wear
black clothing to try to be invisible in the
background) and the women are the melody (the music
who influence the lead and follow the men in all of
their mistakes, but make then men look good anyway).
To me that is not sexist. It is just Argentine Tango.

Derik
d.rawson@rawsonweb.com


--- "Trini y Sean (PATangoS)" <patangos@YAHOO.COM>
wrote:

> Good question, Lois!  And I think this is one area
> where sexism raises its little head.
>
> If the instructors teach as a couple, I don't check
> for dual-role dancing.
>
> If the instructor is a man, I usually don't check if
> he can dance the woman's role.  Partly because most
> men simply cannot dance the role as well as a woman
> can.  For me, it is more important that they respect
> the woman and know their own limitations.
>
> If the instructor is a woman, I do check that she
> can
> also dance the man's role enough to be able to
> analyze
> problems accurately.
>
> I also get the same comments of surprise when I
> dance
> the man's part at milongas (even from my own
> students!).  I think the surprise comes because men
> tend to focus on vocabulary a lot and can fall back
> on
> using muscles (often inadvertently), whereas women
> who
> dance the man's part focus more on musicality and/or
> do not resort to using muscle as often.  So it's
> that
> gentleness or musicality that they appreciate.
>
> Trini de Pittsburgh
>
>
> --- Lois Donnay <donnay@DONNAY.NET> wrote:
>
> > This brought me to a question - when you pick a
> > teacher do you verify that
> > they can do both roles? Is it important to you?
> >
> > I am also constantly surprised by women who
> whisper
> > to me after a dance
> > "That was really good! Better than most of the
> men!"
> > I think first of all
> > that they don't need to whisper - are men's egos
> > really that delicate? And
> > also, shouldn't I, as a teacher, be expected to be
> > one of the best leaders?
> >
>
>
>
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