the 1times1 universal code of tango etiquette
On When You Fancy Yourself to be "The Better Dancer"
It is bound to happen that some days you will find yourself in the arms of Someone who is not as good at Tango as you might imagine a Partner Of Yours ought to be. In this case, it is possible to take a number of different stances. One may be piqued, and seek to express one's pique by making it evident to this unlucky individual through subtle or not-so-subtle means that they are not All You Would Have Them Be and/or that your consider yourself in a variety of ways to be Vastly Superior.
How might one express one's unutterable superiority? Here are some examples:
"Hmm - interesting - you know, back when I was partnering Gustavo, we always kind of tried to avoid bumping into the furniture."
"Don't you know that? It's a contra-style open front-to-back sacada with a triple-back voleo ending with a trapeze-colgada. Plenty of room for some elaborate embellishment. Here, let me lead it again."
There are alternatives to this approach. One might, for instance, instead choose to be Chivalrous And Accomodating and to do all you can (both verbally and dancingwise) to Put Your Less Virtuosic Partner At Ease in order that the two of you might Experience All There Is To Experience together in the course of your tanda.
I shall leave the discerning reader to imagine which Course of Action I would personally recommend.