[Tango-L] Headache

[Lois Donnay]

Deby.

I have been surprised to find the milongas much less crowded this year  
than in years past. Porteno y Bailarin, Gricel, El Beso, La National  
floors were quite navigable these last weeks. Only Salon Canning  
(which I dislike), and Nino Bien have been packed. Is it the end of  
month phenomenon?

Lois Donnay
Minneapolis

Quoting Deby Novitz <dnovitz at lavidacondeby.com>:


>
> Yes the floors here are crowded.  That is why I go to dance at 2:00 am.
> Tango fantasia was never danced here in the milongas except by bumbling
> foreigners who do not know better.  Some of your favorite name brands
> dance plain old salon style when they are in the milongas and save the
> fantasia for the stage where it belongs.  (Here it is called tango
> ballet)  Most Argentines whether they dance or not do not consider stage
> tango or any other tango other than salon, milonguero, etc. to be "their
> tango."  You can say or think what you want, but the average Argentine
> whether they dance or not is very passionate about tango being theirs.
> Even when they hate it. At least to me it is wonderful to see people so
> passionate about something.