[Tango-L] Nuevo Displaces Traditional Tango in Berlin

[RonTango]

> i have just returned from 3 months in berlin, just google  tangoberlin
> one word. recommendations - if you like nuevo you are in hogs  heaven,
> if you prefer traditional tango then consider not going, it  is
> extremely thin on the ground to the point of being non-existent.  the
> only dedicated traditional milonga, the last bastion, a  fortnightly
> milonga run by chiche a young argentine www.urquiza.com is spoiled by
> nuevo dancers  and will probaly be closing soon


This is very sad. I danced tango in Berlin for the first time in 2001 and it was 
a milonguero tango heaven. The milonga at the Gruener Salon was almost like 
being in Buenos Aires. I went again in 2004 and it had changed somewhat, but 
floor navigation was still reasonably good and there was little nuevo. 

Thanks for the info. I will cross Berlin off the list for dancing tango in 
Europe.

Ron