Pressure

Pressure. Typically this refers to physiological compression against the dancers back with their partner’s forearm (lead) and/or their hand (follow). Pressure is done by both roles, usually in an unconscious manner to ‘hold’ their partner in place or to keep the partnership together so that they can ‘dance’ with each other. From a Tango Topics perspective, this is not desirable. Employing Pressure creates more physiological work, than is required. To keep the partnership together, the dancer seeks to solve the problem with where and how you are stepping (usually closer to your partner, and with stability).  See > Compression.