5283 Estimates about the number of foreigners in
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:15:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Hans Mueller <hansemueller@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Tango-L] Estimates about the number of foreigners in
milongas - Was: Re: Leaving for BsAs tomorrow
To: tango-l@mit.edu
Janis wrote:
The majority of dancers were foreigners (95%) with
only a handful of locals.
I am convinced that this is a very bad estimate. I was
at Nino Bien too, last night. I guess there were some
60 - 70% foreigners and the rest locals. This is still
a lot. I base my estimate on the fact, that I was
living here until 2002 and went frequently to this
milonga and did recognice lots of local people. I also
asked some ladies to dance which I did not know before
and met argentineans. One waitress commented that in
the area which she attends there are mostly local
habitues (this is where she is getting tips from). I
talked to an argentinean girl about those percentages.
She estimates there were 40% foreigners, but admits,
that it is mainly her (local) friends that ask her to
dance.
And I did have some very nice dances with argentinean
and american and swedish ladies. I dance the
argentinean milonga mainstream style.
Best regards, Hans
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:37:23 +1100
From: Victor Bennetts <Victor_Bennetts@infosys.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Estimates about the number of foreigners in
milongas -Was: Re: Leaving for BsAs tomorrow
To: "tango-l@mit.edu" <tango-l@mit.edu>
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I went to Ni?o Bien both Thursday nights for the two weeks I was in Argentina a couple of months ago. My dances were split about 50/50 foreigners/porte?as, although I am not counting the dances with my wife on the first night. At Canning, Gricel and Glorietta most of the dances I got (say 75%) were with porte?as. There were some great dancers at all those Milongas and some terrible ones, but mostly in between the two extremes. I really loved Ni?o Bien because the organiser was very thoughtful about placing my wife at a good table and remembered her the second week and offered her the same table, a real gentlemen. Also, for the night I was there with her he made sure that although we were on different tables we were close enough to keep in touch with each other and dance together when we wanted. No wonder that Milonga has such a great reputation and has been running so long.
Victor Bennetts
Janis wrote:
The majority of dancers were foreigners (95%) with
only a handful of locals.
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Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:10:22 -0500
From: Keith <keith@tangohk.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Estimates about the number of foreigners in
milongas -Was: Re: Leaving for BsAs tomorrow
To: "tango-l@mit.edu" <tango-l@mit.edu>
Victor,
After a number of pithy comments about Thursday nights at Nino Bien and the large number of tourists who visit, I was a happy to
hear that you enjoyed it. I also love Nino Bien, not only because of the great ambience but also because everyone is so kind and
courteous. Tourist are not stupid, they may go the first time because of its reputation but they return because it's such a great
place to enjoy an evening of Tango. A lot of the other milonga organisers could learn a lot from Nino Bien.
Keith, HK
On Wed Nov 14 13:37 , Victor Bennetts sent:
>
>I went to Ni?o Bien both Thursday nights for the two weeks I was in Argentina a couple of months ago. My dances were split about
50/50 foreigners/porte?as, although I am not counting the dances with my wife on the first night. At Canning, Gricel and
Glorietta most of the dances I got (say 75%) were with porte?as. There were some great dancers at all those Milongas and some
terrible ones, but mostly in between the two extremes. I really loved Ni?o Bien because the organiser was very thoughtful about
placing my wife at a good table and remembered her the second week and offered her the same table, a real gentlemen. Also, for
the night I was there with her he made sure that although we were on different tables we were close enough to keep in touch with
each other and dance together when we wanted. No wonder that Milonga has such a great reputation and has been running so long.
>
>Victor Bennetts
>
>Janis wrote:
>The majority of dancers were foreigners (95%) with
>only a handful of locals.
>
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