[Tango-L] Milonguero style and show style dancing in one evening ---a solution?

[Tango Society of Central Illinois]

On 9/20/07, TangoSherwin at aol.com <TangoSherwin at aol.com> wrote:
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> Ouch! kicked again by a flying heel !
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> Perhaps the organizers of a given milonga could announce before the music
> starts that this tanda will be only milonguero style (no boleos or ganchos
> or
> leg lifts or etc) ...
>
> ...and the one after that will be for showy style....etc etc.
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> Wouldn't that make sense?
>
> Certainly there's enough time in one evening for both to have turns.
>
> Sherwin
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>
Show style dancing at a milonga? Isn't that a contradiction? If you want to
do show style tango, you could organize a tango show. Milongas are for
social dancing (although for some reason this definition is not widely
accepted outside Buenos Aires). Thus, the announcement is unnecessary. You
could make the announcement at a milonga that show dancing is not suitable
(and if this is in the US, you would be guaranteed to kill the milonga).

Ron