Brick, I think you said it: "the young Argentinians." There is definitely an age demarcation here--the young want to dance more athletically, and on occasion the women want to kick over their heads. Perhaps in the backs of their minds they are hoping to be stage dancing stars and get visas to tour in other countries. The emotion, the embrace, the connection are less important than showing what their young bodies can do. Some of the milongueros (older men) go to the "younger" milongas in order to embrace the young women, who are more than willing to dance with the old guys who really know their stuff. But in their hearts, the milongueros can not stand to dance to "modern" music. Can not stand to dance with women who adorn, adorn, embellish, dance sola. Of course everyone wants to dance where they are most comfortable; why should they want to be uncomfortable? And I predict when all of the juventud of those practicas X, 10, cool, etc. are 60, they will be dancing where they are most comfortable: in traditional milongas with cabeceo, Golden Age music, lots of connection and emotion, and where the embrace is all . But who knows? I probably won't be around to blog about it!
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