[Tango-L] what makes milonguero, milonguero

[ceverett@ceverett.com]

In other words:

Draw a circle and label it "Salon", then draw a smaller circle 
inside that, label that as "Close Embrace", then inside the 
second circle draw a third you can finally label "Milonguero".

The Milonguero Circle is the set of limitations imposed by 
accelerating decrepitude and dancing in tight quarters in 
BA over the last 20 or so years.  Of course, there is the 
additional set of circumstances that most new "Milonguero" 
dancers ape the styles of the lucky few dancers that found 
a style many of their partners enjoy or ended up in a movie.

For those of us with a bit more space and athletic ability 
(mostly balance), we have more possibilities, and we should 
use them to develop our own styles, inside the limitations 
that the social norms of tango impose, of course.

Christopher

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:24:57 EDT, TimmyTango at aol.com said:
> My feeling about milonguero style is that a lot of people are not
> educated in 
> knowing what the difference is between Milonguero vs Salon or close
> embrace 
> style.
> I feel that a lot of people think they are dancing milongero only because 
> they are dancing close to their partner. This is false in my book.
> 
> To me:
> close embrace is not Milonguero.
> but
> Milonguero is close embrace
> 
> Ask this to most people and I think a lot of people could not answer this 
> well.
> 
> It would be interesting to hear from the L list what you feel the
> difference 
> is between close embrace (salon) vs. what makes it Milonguero and lets
> educate 
> those who don't really know.
> 
> It's my feelings that
> 1. A Milonguero is basically just walking his entire dance, very close,
> and   
>   not separating or opening very much. (yes, they breath a little, but    
> not much)
> 2. A Milonguero steps all of his turn to the beat of the music.
> 3. A Milonguero walks a higher percentage of the dance in the cross       
> walking system vs. Parallel.
> 4. a Milonguero stops or pauses the lady on one foot, he is on two.
> 5.  A Milonguero does not do Gaunchos, or throw the lady up in the air 
>     and land her on his knee. And a lot more embellishments.
> 6. Yes, a milonguero can do Boleos, but the women's foot stays on the 
>     floor, not lifting up in the air.
> 7. a Milonguero dances for his partner, not the audience.
> 
> NOW, would you like to correct any of my differences or add to the list.
> Please, I'd like to hear your thoughts
> 
> Timmy in Cleveland
> 
> 
> 
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