I've received several good responses on my suggestion for the use of the term 'bailonga' for a tango dance event that mixes neotango/tango fusion and non-tango music with traditional tango. I heard from someone is Buenos Aires who said that the terms 'baile' and 'bailonga' are used more or less interchangeably for dance gatherings where a significant proportion of music played is not tango, although typically this is cumbia, jazz/rock & roll, and chacarera, to which people do not dance tango. The ads I've seen in BA Tango and El Tangauta generally list the percentage of tango music at these events as 50%.
One responder to my previous post had used the term 'neolonga' for a dance event consisting entirely of neotango and non-tango music intended for dancing tango. I like this term because the name readily describes the environment in a way that 'bailonga' does not, so one knows what to expect for a 'neolonga'. The term 'alternative milonga' has been used repeatedly to describe tango dance events where neotango/non-tango music is played. I have little experience with such events, because I do not dance tango to neotango or non-tango music and I will not go to them. However, I have been at festivals in Denver, San Diego, and St Louis where the term 'alternative milonga' has been used and I briefly visited them and talked to the DJs at some of them. My understanding is that at these specific events only neotango and non-tango music intended for dancing tango were played (in one case only non-tango music), so no classic tango. This sounds identical to the previous respondent's use of the term 'neolonga'. However, I believe the term 'alternative milonga' has also been used for events where there is a mix of classic tango and neotango/non-tango music. So, what I am interested in knowing is what the general practice is in using the term 'alternative milonga'? Ron _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
