Dave wrote:
> On the other hand, I've enjoyed nice milonga tandas with total
> beginners who've never danced milonga before. No bad habits!
I agree. But I think the reason beginner women can be led in a fun milonga is
more structural than behavioral. Not counting traspie, which you wouldn't be
leading a beginner into anyway, it's rhythmically very regular, and you don't
put many pauses in milonga. I tell them, just take smallish steps, and step on
every beat, left-right-left-right. It works very well.
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On the other question of why it is less popular, if my personal history might
be applicable to other beginners, when I started I was very intimidated by
milonga. As a beginner I was very much into my head, and I literally couldn't
think fast enough to do milonga. But then I started dating a woman who Loved
milonga, and, well, I had no choice but to learn it. Eventually I learned how
to do things without thinking, and now I love milonga too.
J
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