This is dangerous territory, but what the heck....!
I don't often find the ladies I dance with trying to lead as such - sometimes they might think I am starting a particular move when in fact I have something else in mind - which I just put down to my failure to signal my intentions clearly enough. But that just adds to the fun of dancing together and usually results in our laughing at each other (could be wrong there - maybe they just laugh at me )
If everyone was step-perfect and got it right every time then it might look better, but I don't think it would be as much fun, which for me is what it's all about. And anyway, we learn from our mistakes at least as much as from our successes.
Where I think the woman has a vital role to play is in setting the STYLE of the dance. I know that I could dance exactly the same moves with 5 different women and it would look almost like 5 different dances, as each woman brings her own style and interpretations to the routines. Eg I might like to dance slow and sleazy but if the lady I'm dancing with has a fast, bouncy, distant style then it's HER style that will dictate the dance - at least, that's my opinion!
But if there's a need to slap filthycute around to put her in her place then that's ok, too. (Only joking, fc, please don't give me the Tayside version of the Glasgow Kiss)
Bookmarks