Practica X is the name of a tango activity that normally starts with a lesson of the Nuevo Tango Style. This is followed by a practica. People dance and practice freely as the floor is very big and there is plenty of room to practice any type of steps or figures without disturbing anyone. There are no cortinas. The practica has become very popular so by midnight the floor is fairly crowded and the practica becomes a milonga with cortinas. This does not necessarily means that the tango style changes, what happens is that people adjust their form of dancing to the available space. They continue to do Nuevo figures, using the room without causing any problems to anyone. IMO the main problem as described by other posters is not the style of tango that is danced at a milonga,it is the lack of skill to dance properly any type of tango. This lack of skill will cause problems of navigation that will be more obvious and deleterious when dancing the Nuevo Style of tango. Summary: I agree the tango style danced or taught at any particular place should be clearly stated. Traditional Milonga, Traditional tango, Tango milonguero or Nuevo practica-milonga. Best regards, Sergio _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
