[Tango-L] There is only tango...

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

But Keith, there has been a teacher from the States in Hong
Kong for years!  So don't lump all U.S. teachers together.

Trini de Pittsburgh


--- Keith <keith at tangohk.com> wrote:

> Ron,
> 
> I've only danced Tango in Buenos Aires and Hong Kong but
> we have had 
> many foreign visitors to our milongas here and generally,
> they've been 
> very good social dancers and have always been very
> welcome. So, up until 
> a month or so ago I'd have thought, OMG, but wouldn't
> really have understood 
> what you're talking about. But now we have our very own
> Tango instructor 
> from the USA who is exactly as you describe. He's only
> one person so it's not 
> too much trouble and I can still only imagine the
> nightmare of many dancers 
> like him in our milongas. I'd simply stop going.
> 
> Keith, HK
> 
>  On Fri Mar 14 23:07 , "Tango Society of Central
> Illinois"  sent:
> 
> >
> >Outside Argentina these differences are not maintained.
> In fact, tango
> >reserved for exhibition or the stage is typically the
> predominant form
> >of tango danced in social gatherings called 'milongas'.
> It is also
> >quite common to find no one at a 'milonga' in the USA
> dance any of the
> >variations of 'tango de salon' at an event called a
> 'milonga'.
> >
> 
> 
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