5182  Traditional milonguero style?

Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:39:02 -0300
From: "Janis Kenyon" <Jantango@feedback.net.ar>
Subject: [Tango-L] Traditional milonguero style?
To: "Tango-L" <Tango-L@MIT.EDU>

Jeanne Hill <genejeanne@comcast.net posted to Tango-A:

Negracha and Diego are traditional milonguero-style tango dancers and
enthusiastic teachers of the close embrace. Their classes focus on a
single aspect of the dance, giving students an opportunity to
completely absorb several variations of each movement. Starting with
simple walking steps, they gently encourage students to progress to
front and back ochos, boleos, giros, and ganchos.


Traditional milonguero-style ... with ganchos?????


Friends escorted a couple from Ecuador to the milonga Nino Bien last
Thursday. They said it was 99% tourists. Her exact words were -- que
porqueria!

Yesterday I went to my second home to dance where I know the music will be
excellent with a good level of dancers. The visitor at my table made the
observation that two lanes of dancers existed. That's the way it should be.
Everyone danced simply with the music. It was a pleasure to sit and watch
as well as dance in this milonga. No one did a boleo or a gancho.

Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:24:07 -0600
From: Nina Pesochinsky <nina@earthnet.net>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Traditional milonguero style?
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Hi, Janis,

Nino Bien has never been a good milonga for dancing. Most people do
not even approach it as a milonga for dancing. We go and hang out
with friends and visit instead. For me, it is a chance to,
accidentally, encounter friends from other parts of the world. I
alway get excited wondering who I might discover there.

Actually, it has never been for dancing, even in 1998-1999 when there
were very few tourists.

Nina


Quoting Janis Kenyon <Jantango@feedback.net.ar>:

> Jeanne Hill <genejeanne@comcast.net posted to Tango-A:
>
> Negracha and Diego are traditional milonguero-style tango dancers and
> enthusiastic teachers of the close embrace. Their classes focus on a
> single aspect of the dance, giving students an opportunity to
> completely absorb several variations of each movement. Starting with
> simple walking steps, they gently encourage students to progress to
> front and back ochos, boleos, giros, and ganchos.
>
>
> Traditional milonguero-style ... with ganchos?????
>
>
> Friends escorted a couple from Ecuador to the milonga Nino Bien last
> Thursday. They said it was 99% tourists. Her exact words were -- que
> porqueria!
>
> Yesterday I went to my second home to dance where I know the music will be
> excellent with a good level of dancers. The visitor at my table made the
> observation that two lanes of dancers existed. That's the way it should be.
> Everyone danced simply with the music. It was a pleasure to sit and watch
> as well as dance in this milonga. No one did a boleo or a gancho.
>
>
>

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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:41:04 -0400
From: WHITE 95 R <white95r@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Traditional milonguero style?
To: Janis Kenyon <jantango@feedback.net.ar>, Tango-L <tango-l@mit.edu>

> Friends escorted a couple from Ecuador to the milonga Nino Bien last
> Thursday. They said it was 99% tourists. Her exact words were -- que
> porqueria!
>

Janis, I cannot understand your hatred and disdain for tourists..... I don't know these Ecuadoreans your are talking about, but ironically, they too may be tourists. If it was not for tango tourism, things would be a lot worse for many Argentineans and others too, who profit from the tango trade. You are one who should never talk bad about tourists. Unless I'm mistaken, you are in the tango tourism business yourself....

Manuel