249  to dance as a true milonguero

Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:07:19 -0300
From: SMC Administracion <adm@SMCAR.COM.AR>
Subject: to dance as a true milonguero

Dear friends from Tango List

Yesterday I went to El beso milonga venue in Buenos Aires.

I like the place, since on wednesdays it has a quiet atmosphere, not
too many couples dancing , and the line of dance is kept in a gentle
mood , so you get relaxed and could enjoy the music with your dancing
partner.

Cacho Dante was there also. I was looking him, while he start a tanda
of dancing with a young woman. His dancing , or better to say , the dancing
that he was producing for the benefit of both his dancing partner and
himself,
was outstanding. Subtle, no show off, just a gentle movement, intimate.

I found this excerpt from Cacho Dante at an internet site
( https://www.tangoshow.com/htm/noticias/archivo056.asp ),
I think it would be good to share with the friends of this tango list.
I can say , that all that he says here , he practices when dancing as an
anonimous milonguero.

:).

" Once , at a lost small cafe from Amsterdam , a true milonguero as Cacho
Dante was compelled to explain what was " a milonguero" in front of a
an intrigued public. He said then : " It is a slave of the music, of the
measure
and the space. When he dances, the music invades his body and is traduced
into his steps and movements. This union with the music is what produces
the feeling that the dancing bodies are talking one each other "

Dante continued a bit more: " The handling of the space is essential. He
(the milonguero)
follows the line of dance, their giros; he always go forward; he dances into
the space that
has been left for him, without looking to the other dancing couples ; he
dances for himself and
for his dancing partner , not 'pour la galerie'.

He does not make a show off. He is noticed by the subtlety of his handling
of spaces, his sense
of rhytm and for the emotion that he transmits. And the pleasure that he is
feeling, is
felt inmediately by the woman that is dancing with him".
"
The astonished dutch ears listened then to a wonderful epilogue:
"The milonguero is inspired by the orchestra, the theme and the woman. He
can dance the joy, the love, the hate. Really, a milonguero, more than
dancing,
interprets. Before beginning to dance, he listen to the music, embraces the
woman,
holds his breathing , listen to the beating of the hear and then, only then
, performs
the first step "

" "


Warm regards to all milongueros and milongueras
Alberto Gesualdi
Buenos Aires