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Voices

I've stated before that finding your voice is a very interesting thing in Tango. As a Follow-Lead, I realise that when I don't know what I'm doing I'll let the follower do her own thing because I don't know any better what signs that I am projecting. Perhaps if I knew more I'd be fighting more to get my own voice heard as a lead? Of course the best tango happens when you're both comfortable enough to convey your own dancing tones, especially as a follower. Where you can subtly influence the dance and the lead is responsive enough to listen to your voice and "allow" you to do that. Unfortunately allow also connotes a hierarchical view of this dance, so perhaps "allow" isn't the word best to describe it. On other notes, appreciating the giro. How many strokes to a circle, infinite or one? How many steps to a molinete, large or small. I still struggle with the idea that they say the size of the step is the same, no, it's not. I