[Tango-L] Red Rover

[astrid]

You mean, you have never been to a milonga yet?
I think, it really depends on the girls. I can spend months in milongas
without talking to anyone. Or I can sit there and complain wildly. Mostly I
am just mellowing out and resting between dances. Yesterday, for the first
time, I warned another woman that one of the better dancers is very drunk
and he might give her whiplash with his wild back ocho lead, while holding
her too low around the waist, and told her I had to be really careful when I
danced with him. Never happened before. Well, and he didn't succeed, next
time I just gave him milonguero style ochos, no more.
But yeah, women competing with each other really can ruin the atmosphere at
a milonga.


> One thing I want to know is, what do the girls talk about? Do they talk?
Do
> they compare notes about each other's dancing? Do they talk about the men?
> Or are they competitive and they don't really want to have much to do with
> one another while they're sitting there in a row with their glasses on
> hunting prey? I confess that if I go there one day, that scene will be
> pretty intimidating for me.