5601  Nuevo Practica (1)
Practica X is the name of a tango activity that normally starts with a lesson of the Nuevo Tango Style. This is followed by a practica. People dance and practice freely as the floor is very big and...

5602  genre bendre (5)
As long as we are redefining categories for the dancing people do, I have a little taxonomic survey. Here is a video of Pablo Inza and Mariela Sametband dancing to "Via Con Me" by Paolo Conte. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvMPXyR0qg0

5603  Genre Bender (1)
I simply had to stop lurking after viewing these last few posts. To you so called traditionalists, I say - after the first couple danced a Tango in Argentina, everyone who followed and added or changed...

5604  Bajafondo Review (1)
Note to all AT organizers and dancers: When you hear of any sort of AT related concert or artist coming to your town, please contact the artist or venue to see if there will be a milonga connected...

5605  The Truth About Tango Nuevo (9)
historical roots in tango and often danced to tango music (often not) is a different dance from tango. Typically the feet are not maintained on the floor and some movements do not follow the line...

5606  The Fallacy of the Rare being Commonplace (1)
Porten~os have long known the difference between tango for social dancing and tango for exhibition. The social customs of the milongas are such that extending your movements into the space of other...

5607  Bailonga: The Alternative to the Milonga (1)
In Buenos Aires, the music played for dancing tango is almost exclusively classic tango music from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. The rare exceptions are more modern recordings of traditional tangos played...

5608  Rude floorcraft (1)
hi j - my theory about rude floor craft (which also can include a follower doing unmindful embellishments) is similar to the persons who own barking dogs. one has usually lost before one has started...

5609  First trip to BA, the tango mecca (3)
I?m in BA for the FIRST time. These are my OBSERVATIONS, not universal truths. Everybody has their own experiences. I?m just sharing mine for those who have never been here. Milongas Whereas the milongas...

5610  First trip to Bs. As. (2)
re Michael's experience in Buenos Aires, a couple of observations, and a reality check. Over the years I have heard horror stories from people, both men and women, that went down and didn't dance even...

5611  Where in BsAs do the nuevos hang out? (4)
Maybe those of you who have a lot of experience in the Buenos Aires tango scene can tell us - where do "tango nuevo" dancers usually go to dance? This will let those who react like stereotypical little...

5612  Tangocool announcement was Where in BsAs do the (1)
nuevos hang out? - The group lessons will be on Wednesday and Friday from 09:00 till 11:00 PM. - Wednesday's Practice will be suspended = No practice at Wednesday. - Friday's Practice continues running...

5613  ..1 1/2 yrs of watching YouTube (11)
..This is what I?m seeing after 1 1/2 yrs of Watching YouTube.... Note: The videos watched were mostly of very proficient dancers doing a close embrace/ milonguero style of dancing in Tango and Vals.

5614  Tango (Milongas!) in San Francisco (5)
Dear Bay Area Folks: What do you suggest as the best, most well-attended, gender-balanced places for Tango (Milongas!) from Mon., 4/20 through Tues., 4/28? Best regards, Loreen E-mail: tanguero@tanguero.com

5615  Tango & Swing (2)
Swing was my first love. I learned the rock-and-roll version when I was fifteen from a waitress at my uncle's honky-tonk in Texas, between school's letting out and the beginning of happy hour. I...

5616  tango and rhythm (4)
The basic rhythm of tango is a medium-paced walk, slow-slow as some would call it. But the beauty of tango is that it's an improvised dance. The leader can create any rhythm, any combination of quicks,

5617  Reports from Buenos Aires: Navigation et al. (3)
Club Gricel has a long and narrow dance floor, the smallest width to length ratio of any milonga dance floor in Buenos Aires that I know of. The length of the floor can accommodate a lot of dancers...

5618  Shocked (1)
Trini y Sean (PATangoS) wrote: Not to mention that if she didn't cross, it may well be because the cross wasn't lead properly (or depending on your point of view, not-a-cross was lead but not on purpose)...

5619  "Creative Possibilities" (2)
"Bad navigation and disrespect for the floor are not the exclusive domain of those who choose to add the creative possibilities of nuevo into their dance." Not the exclusive domain, no, but definitely...

5620  Head Tilt (6)
Osvaldo Zotto and Lorena Ercimoda taught here in L.A. a few years ago. In one class after presenting a pattern he would have us practice it for a minute or so to music. And he and she would go around...

5621  Problems with Tango Nuevo (1)
I have to agree somewhat with those who condemn "tango nuevo" for some of the problems we see often on the dance floor. This may sound surprising to some of you who have read my defenses of tango nuevo....

5622  Gricel - Fights at the milongas (2)
Deby says : "There were no fights at Gricel. I have no idea what he was talking about. In my 9 years in the milongas here I have only seen 1 actual fight and that was in Ni?o Bien when a tourist...

5623  Para Los Ninos Tango Charity (1)
John and Cheryl Lowry and friends in Brisbane, Australia began this charity work 9 years ago. They raise money in the tango world to make life better for homeless children in Buenos Aires. To me, it's...

5624  Paying my dues (1)
I too considered myself an experienced AT dancer. But perhaps it was only my perception. Only a sojourn to the mecca of milongas would offer insight. Fortunately, I was briefed on what to expect,...

5625  Argentines vs. non-Argentines (8)
Before you travel to Argentina you could benefit by spending some time with Deby Novitz's often funny, often insightful online diary of her years there since 2004. And if you want an apartment for...