[Tango-L] Colgadas milongueras & other non-entities

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Ron said:
Tango instructors will sell  whatever tango students will buy. So True.

Authentic Argentine Tango  Price List
colgadas milongueras….$80
volcadas milongueras….$100  
ganchos milongueros….$50
soltadas milongueras….$75
saltas  milongueras…….$75 

david


In a message dated 4/22/2011 2:28:47  A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
rontango at rocketmail.com writes:
It is possible to  learn 'colgadas milongueras' and 'volcadas milongueras' 
in 
tango workshops.  This would appear to be the kiss of legitimacy - after 
all, if 
it is taught  at a tango festival, it must be real. The problem is this. 
The term  
'milonguera' implies that it is used by milongueros. Milongueros don't use  
colgadas and volcadas. Of course, someone will protest that they once heard 
 
someone say that some milonguero from the 1940s reportedly used volcadas 
and  
colgadas (sorry, no film available) when the reality is that he either had 
a  
bout of vertigo or had imbibed too much wine one evening. Or someone else  
will 
report that these movements are occurring all of the time at milongas  in 
Buenos 
Aires but they are just so small they cannot be seen by the naked  eye (in 
which 
case their existence, of course, cannot be disproven). Tango  instructors 
will 
sell whatever tango students will buy. Next we will have  (if we haven't 
already 
had) ganchos milongueros, soltadas milongueras,  saltas milongueras .... 
whatever. 


Buyer  beware.

Ron

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