As a foreigner, how would I know that up to 30% non-tango music would be played? I have a copy of April's "La Portena Tango" which has stories and ads for milongas. None of the ads list percentages, just days, hours and sometimes a contact's name and phone number.
Michael I danced Argentine Tango - - with the Argentines ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tango Society of Central Illinois" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:38 AM Subject: Re: [Tango-L] Milonga music mix > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Vince Bagusauskas <[email protected]> > wrote: There are dances called 'bailes' where less than 70% of the music is tango (milonga and vals). A 'milonga' will play no more than 30% of these other rhythms (to which tango is not danced). >> >> Which begs the question, if foreigners are to be true to the culture of >> the portenos and Argentine tango should there be an expectation that up >> to 30% >> non-tango music be played at milongas? > Ron _______________________________________________ Tango-L mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/tango-l
