5636 Line of Dance in BA
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:24:22 -0400
From: "Michael" <tangomaniac@cavtel.net>
Subject: [Tango-L] Line of Dance in BA
I read somebody's blog about explaining the rules at a milonga. Here's the link. When is the last time you went to a milonga where somebody explained the "traffic rules?" The blog pointed out that violaters are given yellow penalty cards (like in soccer) and if you get 3, you're out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n0cE_3iUo&feature=related
The blog reads "Hector Pellosa runs the Saturday milonga Cachirulo in Plaza Bohemia at Maipu 444." I didn't make this millonga during my trip to BA. There are 1600 weekly milongas. I can't make all of them.
Michael
I danced Argentine Tango - - with the Argentines
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:12:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jack Dylan <jackdylan007@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance in BA
But the instructions were given in English, French and Chinese [I think];
nothing in Spanish. What does that tell you? Sounds to me like they're
trying to educate the tourists.
Jack
----- Original Message ----
>
> I read somebody's blog about explaining the rules at a milonga. Here's the link.
> When is the last time you went to a milonga where somebody explained the
> "traffic rules?" The blog pointed out that violaters are given yellow penalty
> cards (like in soccer) and if you get 3, you're out.
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n0cE_3iUo&feature=related
>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:06:03 -0400
From: "Michael" <tangomaniac@cavtel.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance in BA
We don't know if Hector gave instructions in Spanish BEFORE the filming
began. He gave the microphone to the other man who knows English and French
and that's when the filming began.
In other news, those who haven't been to Argentina will see that at this
traditional milonga the unaccompanied women sit on one side and the
unaccompanied men sit on the other to facilitate cabeceo.
Michael
I danced Argentine Tango - - with the Argentines
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Dylan" <jackdylan007@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance in BA
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> But the instructions were given in English, French and Chinese [I think];
> > nothing in Spanish. What does that tell you? Sounds to me like they're
> trying to educate the tourists.
>
> Jack
> ----- Original Message ----
>>
>> I read somebody's blog about explaining the rules at a milonga. Here's
>> the link. >> When is the last time you went to a milonga where somebody
>> explained the
>> "traffic rules?" The blog pointed out that violaters are given yellow
>> penalty >> cards (like in soccer) and if you get 3, you're out. >>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n0cE_3iUo&feature=related
>>
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Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 09:31:47 -0400
From: "Michael" <tangomaniac@cavtel.net>
Subject: [Tango-L] Fw: Line of Dance in BA
reply-type=response
We don't know if Hector gave instructions in Spanish BEFORE the filming
began. He gave the microphone to the other man who knows English and French
and that's when the filming began.
>
In other news, those who haven't been to Argentina will see that at this
traditional milonga the unaccompanied women sit on one side and the
unaccompanied men sit on the other to facilitate cabeceo.
>
> Michael
> I danced Argentine Tango - - with the Argentines
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jack Dylan" <jackdylan007@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Line of Dance in BA
But the instructions were given in English, French and Chinese [I think];
nothing in Spanish. What does that tell you? Sounds to me like they're
trying to educate the tourists.
Jack
----- Original Message ----
I read somebody's blog about explaining the rules at a milonga. Here's the
link. When is the last time you went to a milonga where somebody
>>> explained the "traffic rules?" The blog pointed out that violaters are
>>> given yellow penalty cards (like in soccer) and if you get 3, you're
>>> out. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7n0cE_3iUo&feature=related
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:50:06 +1000
From: Niki Papapetrou <niki.papapetrou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Fw: Line of Dance in BA
To: niki.papapetrou@gmail.com
Cc: Tango L <tango-l@mit.edu>
<3eff99210905101850v67328738tdef8e29ee881615e@mail.gmail.com>
hola
the rules are printed in spanish, italian, mandarin, french, japanese,
english, and greek, and are posted at the entrance (ticket booth) before you
actually enter the dance space. Hector will only read them out during the
milonga if he feels there is need to (needless to say, they get read out a
bit more often during festival seasons :) - CITA, PTW et al). He or
Carlos(the DJ) will read them out in Spanish, before passing on the mike to
someone else to read them out in other languages
Hector is very 'present' during the milonga. He watches everything
I remember my partner telling me about one particular incident: Hector was a
bit anxious throughout the night. At one point, he sat next to my partner,
who asked him if everything was OK. In typical argenitne drama fashion,
Hector told him that 'no, everything was not ok - there's a couple over
there (pointing to the centre of the dance floor) causing a 'quilombo'.'
Sure enough, there was a couple in the middle of the dancefloor, criss
crossing the floor, doing boleos, and essentially taking up the space that
would otherwise have satisfied 4-5 couples. As soon as that tanda ended,
the rules were read out - in Spanish, english, italian and japanese
'mejor sentada bien que bailando mal'
--
Yours in dance dementia,
Niki
( https://tangotrails.blogspot.com )
