WOMEN DANCE on LEADERS SKILLS

A woman cannot make up a dance for a man, if he does not lead it. All women dream to dance with good, strong leaders, who would take them to "unknown" patterns, to some new heights, and to new achievements in tango adventure.
The better the leader is, the better his partner looks. It is obvious for everybody. This is why Leaders need to study tango with more persistence, and with more commitment. Leaders need to make a really strong effort to overcome their own personal attitude, that could be in the way of their success in tango life and leading, then over come their own old bad tango habits. They need to try to put more energy into some tango steps, according to the music strong beats.
They need to polish not only their techniques, but also their good manners and politeness and to learn more about the social skills and tango etiquette. Mostly, learn how to be pleasant and smiling to a partner before and between the sets of the dance. However, the main idea for a leader is to learn deeper that vast tango vocabulary, and practice what has been learned. Otherwise, it will disappear again. It means that every time after a new lesson, men need to practice dancing the new steps, new approaches, and new tango combination.
If men want to progress, they should not go to Milonga to dance only what was learned once some time ago. Women like to investigate tango steps with new partners. They like to try new things and new challenges.
Sometimes a leader could be a good and pleasant social dancer, but he has limited vocabulary, or just afraid to try new combination, and then women get bored with his dancing. Actually, if we talk about the techniques, there are no "man only" or "woman only" techniques. The Tango dance is skilled when a man and a woman exchange leads.
But they always use the same tango principles, the techniques are the same for both parts. Some figure might have a lot of ballroom in it, or a lot of show tricks, or it could be authentic style, but the principles of balance, extensions, stretching, and leads are the same.
Learn HOW to Dance, HOW to Lead!
Don't memorize the patterns! Every pattern cold be broken and could lead to something else. Every pattern has many "windows" where the real great dancer would take a lady for a great pleasure of discovery.

1. Video: Elena and Maxim Gitano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYfrAtZLy78
2. Video: Show in Riverside with Gitano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaFqJREbfaU