In tango, listening is not a skill added on top of movement.
It is what remains when intention softens.
Leading is often misunderstood as decision-making.
But decisions imply preference, and preference introduces time—before and after.
Listening has no timeline.
When listening is intact, the body does not ask what comes next.
It waits, not as a pause, but as completion.
A lead that is truly heard arrives already finished.
A follow that is truly listening does not respond—it aligns.
Nothing is transmitted.
Nothing is interpreted.
Both dancers are tuned to the same quiet signal beneath the music.
It is not rhythm.
It is not count.
It is the absence of interference.
When listening dominates, leadership becomes irrelevant.
Roles remain, but hierarchy dissolves.
The step emerges where listening and gravity meet.
It is not chosen.
And when it ends, it leaves no trace—
which is how the next one can appear.
