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Originally Posted by philsmove were the man goes the lady must follow” Liz Strictly Ballroom |
Or as a teacher from Rome once said to me "Be a bull"!
You're right about you taking the lead back but the difficulty is sometimes knowing when your partner wants to relinquish the lead. It may be that you're quite happy standing there letting her rub her leg up and down yours but she's getting bored with it. She isn't going to just stop cold and stare at you so you she needs to develop a way of saying "OK, I've had enough of the coquettish stuff and I want you to be a bull again" and the leader needs to develop the ability to read that. There's a lot in the breathing and slight raising of the frame to say "I'm going to lead you now" and the opposites are a good way to indicate "please take the lead" but that's something I think you need to discover rather simply be told a specific technique". All followers will do it differently so you need to develop the "sense" for it.
It happens to me sometimes when I'm trying to dance Blues, at which I am pretty awful. I've sent my partner out and she's strutting her stuff brilliantly. I'm standing there all proud and strong and quite happy as she makes up to me but fail to spot when she's had enough of the solo act. There's either an awkward pause before I pick up the lead again or she wraps herself round me and whispers in my ear "lead you plonker" or some other similar endearment. (Personally I prefer the latter solution, despite the abuse).