How to Lead & How to Follow | Argentine Tango

Diego: We are going to take a look at how to lead and how to follow an Argentine Tango. There are two main things that you want to think about, or steps, or ways of leading and following. First, when you are stepping, you take your partner, and when I am stepping I am either pushing or pulling in a lead. But I do not do this with the arms; you do it by moving your body and maintaining the connection. Then there is something called a pivot. That is done by the spiral of the chest. Let us take a look at it from the side. So if we go to be pivoting and there is no stepping here as you can see, I want to step, I will push or pull. Keep in mind that you are not pushing from the arms. Female: And as a follower, it is all about understanding and receiving the information through your wrists. So if Diego was to walk with me, I would feel the pressure through my upper body and that will start to right away, give me energy to start moving my legs. The objective is for Diego to lead my legs, not t