The tempo can change within a piece of tango music. At a dramatic pause they may also perform decorations such as caressing their partner with a foot, calf, or thigh. The rhapsodic nature of tango music lets tango dancers be more improvisational than in other social dances. Leaders vary and combine a few very basic patterns to create new and sometimes very complex patterns.
Followers can vary and decorate their parts in many ways.
These complex figures usually have a beginning, middle, and end. Most social dancing is done in the Right Foot Inside position, with your partner a little bit to your right so that your right foot is between your partner's feet. But in tango you may also dance in the Right Foot Outside position, with your partner further to your right so your right foot is outside their's. There are several ways to go to the Outside position and back to the Inside position. Here are two.