[Tango-L] New generation of milongueros

[Janis Kenyon]

Iron Logic wrote:
<The milonguero became a milonguero by dancing for long time, his dance is
refined by the number of miles around milonga ..and the tens of years. < >
If you know how to dance, have a liking for music, dance for as many years
as milongueros did, you will become a milonguero, it is inevitable.>


It's not the number of years dancing that made a milonguero.
It's more than knowing how to dance tango to be a milonguero.
It's more than liking the music.

A milonguero learned to dance by watching other milongueros; he is
self-taught with his own style.
A milonguero lived for the night to dance in the confiterias of downtown
Buenos Aires.
A milonguero respected the codes that were passed on to him by other
milongueros.
A milonguero knew the orchestras and could dance well with any woman.

Miguel Angel Balbi had four uncles who were all milongueros.  Miguel began
dancing at the age of 11, and his Uncle Carlos took him to a downtown
confiteria on his 14th birthday to dance for the first time in public.  From
then on, he went regularly at Club Oeste, Salon Agusteo, Salon Italia Unita,
Salon Region Leonesa, and Club Almagro where he observed the milongueros.
At 16, he was going every night until dawn to dance.  When he was about 17,
the milongueros told Miguel Angel that he is a milonguero.  He will
celebrate his 70th birthday on November 29.

The way to really understand what it means to be a milonguero is to talk
with one and ask him questions.  That's why I'm organizing a milonguero
conference.