Tango vs. Queertango

In tree weeks I´m heading for Buenos Aires, Argentina. 4 months studying - and people smiles at me when I say - Tango.
Tango: The one and only dance where the woman let herrself seduce into the arms of a man and be swept away by the dramatic story told by the musik. The story made between man and woman without a word.
People loooves tango. Tango makes the woman devote to a man. From one minute to the other she finds herself drifting in a dream. Tango is; history made between man and woman without a word.


But what if you do not like that? What if, you wanna be in charge? lead the steps. What if it doesn´t come naturally to devote yourself into the arms of a stranger?


Or what if, your a man and don´t wanna be in charge. Lead the woman and make her safe. Tango demands a hole dame much of the leader. He decides, and he has the full responsibility if things goes wrong. If she is to fail its because he didn´t show her the right steps.


That´s why my mission in Buenos Aires is not tango. My mission is Queer tango. 


One lady once told me: ”Queer tango is the ultimate freedom. Sometimes you want to lead and decide the steps, other times you just want to close your eyes and be led in the arms of another. In queer tango your gender doesn’t decide your role in the dance. Instead you choose to dance how you feel,”


The ultimate freedom... freedom from what? Stereotypes, pre decided gender roles, expectations. Queertango gives you what you had and then it gives you dobble up and some more. 
What more it gives you and how people respond to it? That I look forward to learn in Buenos Aires. I expect it not all to be good. 


Before I go - let me show you this one video that leaves the score: 1- 0 to Queertango: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlPqempL2U