After learning the first basic milonga steps, I find that I have been able to build up patterns and a good lead in a fairly organic and spontaneous way. I have other comments on a blog I just started
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Mon, August 6, 2007 - 8:01 PMAs a follow who has been dancing for a year, I am finding, to my surprise, that milonga tangos tend to go better than regular ones. I think it's that I have less time to think, and I can just get into that intuitive mindreading place that all follows (or, rather interpreters of the lead) aspire to.
Milongas are fun, too! It's nice to have a tango that isn't so SERIOUS all of the time, though serious is wonderful in its own way. -
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Mon, August 6, 2007 - 10:05 PMI feel the same way. Somehow the music is interpreted at much more basic "beat" level, and I can just "let go" and have fun.
I noticed that you are in the Bay Area. Where do you usually dance? -
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Thu, August 9, 2007 - 10:54 PMI am moving to Ithaca, NY as we speak, but I used to take classes with Nora and with Dave and Nancy Mendoza. I was too timid, unfortunately, to go to any actual Milongas, and after making my yearly trip to Mendocino and going to a milonga there with my two original tango teachers, I think I did myself a disservice. Milongas are, after all, what one takes lessons for in the first place, and it's a good idea to keep that in mind. -
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Fri, August 10, 2007 - 1:40 AMRight. There is no substitute for going to the Milongas. I hope there is a Tango scene in Ithaca. I used to live in Buffalo NY (Grad School) but I wasn't into Tango then. I took classes with the Mendozas too. They give a good foundation.
Good luck with your move!
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Tue, August 7, 2007 - 4:10 AMI dance to whatever comes along :-)
But my boyfriend is a bit stuck in tango de salon recently - simply because we haven't done much vals and milonga in class lately. Will have to ask our teacher to show us a bit more of those styles. -
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Tue, August 7, 2007 - 7:26 AMAfter spending a few years off the dance floor and going back I found that tango came back first, then milonga, and valse was most difficult. I've been off the floor for a few more years , it may be entirely different if I ever go back. -
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Tue, August 7, 2007 - 10:25 AMMmm, valse is my favorite to follow. please, let us practice more valse!
The double steps in milonga mess me up. I do like that rowdy energy! -
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Wed, August 8, 2007 - 2:21 PMI like regular tango :-) I find that I pay more attention to form, etc ... and besides, milongas can be so darn fast! Love to watch people dancing to them, but I'm a little intimidated.
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Sun, August 12, 2007 - 7:26 PMI just like Milonga more, simply because it is faster, more bouncy, and more _fun_!
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Re: Milonga or regular tango? Which one do you find easier?
Fri, August 17, 2007 - 9:29 AMsomething that was an insight for me in dancing milonga,..." just think of the milonga as walking normal and the tango as slow walking, just take smaller steps"
I love the variety, milonga and vals are like icing and spinkles to my yummy raw, no sugar, vegan, organic, local really good for you cake.
