[Tango-L] Tango Meccas (WAS Re: Seminar review)

[Trini y Sean (PATangoS)]

The Argentines in my city all learned tango in the States.  Some have hosted milongas.  They have danced in BsAs, but I've never heard them complain about the milongas here after they've returned.  Maybe because their friends are here.  Maybe those BsAs teachers just don't have friends in the US.  If they are looking just at a dance quality viewpoint, I could understand that.  I think most tango communities here or in Europe are true social gatherings.

Trini de Pittsburgh


--- On Tue, 10/11/11, Lois Donnay <donnay at donnay.net> wrote:

This got me thinking....When I am in Buenos Aires, I hear tango
teachers (mostly from BAires) sit at the milongas and gripe about how
the milongas in the US and Europe just can't compare to those in BA. I
always hear threats to quit - stop teaching in the US and move back to
BA to enjoy real milongas.

I wonder if it is the same in other cities as here - our two local
teachers from Argentina are rarely if ever at a milonga.  We have no
organizers or DJ's who are from BA.  Some have never even been to BA,
or haven't been in years. Yet we have a lively scene (for our small
city), with 5 or more milongas a week and 2 live tango orchestras.  In
your cities, is it the same? Are Argentines organizing and DJ'ing
milongas?