These days it is not so common to find a case study of how somebody learned to dance in the man's role without or rather in spite of dance classes. People are often surprised that I learned to dance the man's role like this and they often ask how guys can learn without classes.
A lot of the process of learning both roles was learning what didn't work. Essentially, that was in class. I learned to dance the guy's role by walking and very quickly by dancing to music I knew in the milongas the way you hear guys used to. It is important to choose understanding women. I didn't think about steps, about dancing. It just happened. Key is to know the music and to already know what dancing as the woman feels like. Much later, I learned specific things by asking guys in practicas to show me by dancing with me and then swapping roles so I could try it out on them. None of this was a plan. It's just how, through trial and error, things panned out. It was a much better way than learning through class.
See also: How do you learn to dance tango?
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