[Tango-L] Milongas (or Practicas) in Denver

[Tango Tango]

Chris.

Most people in the US treat tango as a sport, so they are most comfortable
approaching it in a sweatpants-wearing, water bottle-toting, dance
sneakers-wearing setting such as a class or a practica.

This is the fundamental reason why tango in the US is, -and will remain, so
far removed from Argentine Tango. Most people do not seek to attend an event
where they can sit down and socialize with friends, drink a glass of wine,
enjoy some beautiful music and perhaps a dance or two (as you would in a
milonga), they seek a place where they can practice their steps and
combinations. This is why classes and practicas are generally more
attractive to people here.

Neil

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:20 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Chris, UK <
tl2 at chrisjj.com> wrote:
>
> OK, I stand corrected:
>
> > Denver, a metro area of perhaps 3 million people
>
> has not 2 milongas a week, but 2.5. Along with approx. 20 classes etc.
>
> > I'll bet it is the same in pretty much everywhere.
>
> No, Tom. A European city of that size has about ten times as many
> milongas.
>
> Neil wrote:
>
> > There's more money in teaching that in running a milonga. That's why we
> > are blessed with such a wealth of 'teachers' in Colorado, and thus; many
> > classes.
>
> Well, same here... except the determining factor is not number of teachers
> but number of interested students - they are relatively few, and hence so
> are classes. People much prefer to spend their tango time in milongas.
>
> What puzzles me is why USA people find spending tango time in classes
> preferable. By (apparently) a factor of 10.
>
> Chris
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tango-L] Tango in the USA
> *From:* "Tango Tango" <tangotangotango at gmail.com>
> *To:* tl2 at chrisjj.com
> *CC:* tango-l at mit.edu
> *Date:* Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:23:12 -0800
>
> There's more money in teaching that in running a milonga. That's why we
> are
> blessed with such a wealth of 'teachers' in Colorado, and thus; many
> classes.
>
> Neil
>
>
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:55 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), Chris, UK <
> tl2 at chrisjj.com> wrote:
> >
> > > A better Colorado website is put out by Tango Colorado:
> > >
> > > http://TangoColorado.org
> >
> > Can this really be correct? Colorado state has only two weekly milongas?
> >
> > Yet over twenty weekly classes/practicas? I wonder where all these class
> > students go to actually dance...
> >
> > Chris
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