On 9/11/07, Keith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Marble dance floors are really tough on the feet, knees, hips and back. > I'm > surprised a new place doesn't have a proper wooden dance floor. Are they > targetting serious dancers?
There are a number of popular milonga sites in Buenos Aires that do not have a wood floor - Lo de Celia, Confiteria Ideal, Sunderland Club, Viejo Correo and Glorias Argentinas come to mind. Although it is nice to have a wood floor, an especially comfortable floor is only part of what makes a good milonga. There are some great dancers and great music at Lo de Celia, with a tile floor. I also enjoyed Viejo Correo very much the time I was there, even though they have a black and white tile floor that reminds me of 1950s soda shops in the US (think 'Happy Days'). On the other hand, a wood floor cannot guarantee a good milonga. I only went to Porten~o y Bailarin once. The wood floor is decent, but the dancers there demonstrated the worst navigation I have seen at a BA milonga, with dancers regularly cutting across the middle of the floor, or going several steps against the line of dance. No reason to return there. BA milonga organizers have limited options in finding milonga sites, and limited resources for investing in improving the sites. It is unfair to criticize a milonga organizer because they can't offer a wooden floor. Maybe something else they offer makes up for that. By the way, tango is relatively forgiving on the body. That's why some people dance tango in their 80s, even on tile floors. Ron God, I love my cushioned, floating floor of solid European Oak. Hmmmmmmmm. > > Keith, HK > > On Tue Sep 11 22:18 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: > > >Tonight we went to the inauguration of the new Tuesday milonga of Hector > y > >Norma (Cachirilo) > >in Boedo--in fact, it's half a block from my apartment. > > > >It's in the Salon de Fiesta Mallorca at the corner of Boedo and Carlos > Calvo > >3595. > > > >All Buenos Aires was there to check it out, the first milonga in Boedo, > el > >Barrio de Tango, in many years. Of course, being the inauguration, it was > also > >free. > > > >There are many problems to work out, such as where to seat people for the > >cabeceo. Tonight it was impossible, as the tables were large round ones > for 8-10 > >people, men and women mixed. And people were crowded in front of the > door, > >waiting for a seat. > >The floor is marble, hard but smooth for dancing. The salon is elegant in > >black and silver. Terrific air conditioning. > > > >There were over 250 attendees, and it was great to see young and old > there. > > > >We wish Hector y Norma lots of luck, and certainly I will attend often if > for > >nothing more than proximity. Up to now, there has been no good Tuesday > >milonga here. Time will tell. > > > >Cherie (y Ruben) > > > >(54) 11 4932-5027 > >http://tangocherie.blogspot.com/ > > > > > > > > See what's new at http://www.aol.com > >_______________________________________________ > >Tango-L mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
