Inspiration from Dancing

Dancing and sports have been on side tracks during my life most of the time since very young age, which provides good balance to my "main track" activities. Several years ago, I involved in competitive ballroom dancing, and felt really inspired from the basic concept behind partnership. Man is the leader in the dance and woman is the follower. Man provides frame and woman presents beautiful pictures in the frame. Man provides direction and woman provides effective excecution in the direction. Sometimes the woman has to lead as well, such as due to unexpected traffic jam on the floor that the man is not aware of. However, for two people to dance well together and to enjoy the level of dance that each of them can possibly do, the two have to be compatible and be able to dance in the same level. Also, each one should be able to dance his/her own dance with self balance, and dance towards a common center at the same time. It involves common goals, collaboration, mutual support, etc. Is it the same for life partners as well?