3529  Cortina length

Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:20:40 +0000
From: Oleh Kovalchuke <oleh_k@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Cortina length

40 seconds is about right.

Cortina is played to clear the floor, to change partners and mood of the
music. In BsAs cortina is played as long as people are still on the floor
and a bit more for cabeseo - depending on the size of milonga it takes
anywhere between 45 sec to 1:30 minutes to clear the floor (in BsAs
_everyone_ returns to their tables after tanda is finished). Sometimes live
music is played for cortinas in Salon Canning on Mondays - in this case
cortina could last 3 minutes or more, way too long.

In the US about one third to one quarter of the crowd remains on the floor
regardless of cortina length (almost everyone leaves after milonga tanda to
catch a breath, cool down). The bulk leaves 5 seconds into cortina, another
group leaves about 25-30 seconds into cortina. Hence 40 seconds is about
right. I have been to milongas where about 10-15 seconds cortinas where
played - in this case I couldn't understand why did the DJ played cortinas
at all.

Cheers, Oleh K., El Ucraniano
https://TangoSpring.com