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

[Jack Dylan]

I mostly agree with Ron. If I'm at a traditional milonga in BsAs, I'll try to 
dance 

as the milongueros do, out of respect for the milonga and so as not to identify
myself as a 'dumb tourist'.

If I'm at a non-traditional milonga, which would include every single milonga 
I've
attended outside of BsAs [no matter how the organiser might name it], I might
do a few other things. I must admit I love Volcadas and Single Axis Turns, which
I now know is a Colgada. The only rule I have for myself is that I never open 
the 

embrace.

The problem is that, unless you've attended traditional milongas in BsAs, it's
not possible, IMHO, to actually know how people dance in them. It's difficult
to blame people for their ignorance.

One thing is for sure, in my experience, no one will learn to dance this way 
from 

99% of traveling teachers/performers, Argentine or otherwise. And how sad is 
that?

Jack



> From: RonTango <rontango at rocketmail.com>
> 
> Why don't we get down to dancing tango as it is really danced in the milongas 
>of 
>
> Buenos Aires today rather than applying wishful thinking in making tango what 
>we 
>
> want it to be or what some self-proclaimed tango expert wants us to believe is 

> authentic. >