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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jeanne Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tango-L mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l > ---------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.earthnet.net Boulder's Premier Datacenter _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
