[Tango-L] Should the dance style (not the social) be referred to as"Milonga" or" Argentine Milonga"?

[Sergio Vandekier]

Dear John,

Argentina has three ballroom dances:

1-Tango
2-Milonga
3- Argentine Vals

They are three distinct dances . They should not be called styles.

Tango has different styles:  Salon, Milonguero, Nuevo, Canyengue, Liso, 
Orillero, etc.

There is also Finnish Tango, American Tango, European Tango.

There are two styles of milonga:

The Milonga Campera or Sureña (the original) and the city milonga
(the one we normally dance nowadays).
Other words could be used in reference to milonga such as Milonga Candombera 
. (the meaning of this is  that it may have something of Candombe rhythm).

A milonga is a place where tango, milonga and vals are danced as well.

Vals is sometimes called "Vals Cruzado".  A reference to the fact that the 
woman locks her feet in front at certain moments.

Summary:  We should refer to these dances as:
Tango - Milonga - Vals

Best regards, Sergio





From:  "John H. Walton" <jwalton at cix.co.uk>
Reply-To:  jwalton at cix.co.uk
To:  tango-l at mit.edu
CC:  chrisjj at chrisjj.com, jwalton at cix.co.uk
Subject:  [Tango-L] Should the dance style (not the social) be referred to 
as"Milonga" or" Argentine Milonga"?
Date:  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:35 +0100 (BST)
>My DanceWeb site supports many different dance style, and although It
>initially had a UK audience, it is now slowly being expanded to cover
>more countries (starting with USA/Canada).
>
>The site already recognises styles of "Tango (Argentine)" and "Tango
>(Ballroom)". Partly as a result of our BBC TV programme "Strictly Come
>Dancing", the style of "Milonga" is now being taught as well, and I have
>been requested to support this style.
>
>My question is:
>
>Can I refer to this style as simply "Milonga" or is it necessary to refer
>to it as "Argentine Milonga" (or even "Tango (Milonga)"? This is
>important both for organisations who enter dance classes, and dancers who
>search or browse for classes. I note that Wikipedia just uses the word
>Milonga for the music and the related dance form.
>
>(Just to confuse matters, I already use the word Milonga to refer to any
>Argentine Tango Social event, a practice very common in the UK).
>
>Best Regards, John
>http://www.danceweb.co.uk/tango
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