tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post8665582093934395629..comments2023-10-14T15:52:29.871+01:00Comments on Tango commuter: MilongaTangocommuterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-80081355932145635212010-05-15T07:21:55.057+01:002010-05-15T07:21:55.057+01:00When I took my first real tango lessons it was in ...When I took my first real tango lessons it was in a studio in Buenos Aires. Very little English was spoken, and my Spanish was muy poquito. We spent an incredible amount of time (to my mind) practicing movements that were about milonga. And yes, as you say, tango and milonga are really the same dance. But different. <br /><br />At the studio, tango was revered; but milonga was celebrated. I didn't really know enough to know why that was. Now, after dancing for three years, I find myself less and less interested in tango per se, and absolutely intoxicated by milonga. And yes, simple is always better. <br /><br />Maybe that's why I like milonga more than tango these days: I have to keep my dance simple if I want to retain connection with my partner; I have to strip things down and hold her close, and really feel the music, in a way that the slower pace of tango doesn't require me to do. <br /><br />Why are older dancers more attuned to the subtle beauty of milonga? I like some of the answers: maturity, musicality, less ego involvement in the flash and "moves" and more willingness to connect with the other. There is a flash or decadence to this tango/milonga/vals "dance" that distracts many of us dancers for a long time. The obsession with "moves" gets in the way of feeling the pure joy of dancing together with a partner. Maybe it's only with dancing for a while that what's really important starts to shine through? <br /><br />Thanks for posting this. I write a little about my relationship to tango – and other dances – at hanspetermeyer.com.hans peter meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04099114639215723485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-57762522371998381752010-04-10T14:06:54.780+01:002010-04-10T14:06:54.780+01:00This one illustrates it well, I think - Pocho and ...This one illustrates it well, I think - Pocho and Nely dancing to Pugliese's "El Rodeo". Leaves me speechless.<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ak2y84C-9YAndreashttp://www.tangokombinat.de/uk_concept.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-38233038608191457242010-04-10T13:46:47.105+01:002010-04-10T13:46:47.105+01:00Thanks for posting this. I love watching Pocho and...Thanks for posting this. I love watching Pocho and Nely, they are paring tango/milonga/vals down to the essentials. No fluff, pure substance. Wonderful simplicity.Andreashttp://www.tangokombinat.de/uk_news.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-29874553424957533032010-04-06T13:31:32.441+01:002010-04-06T13:31:32.441+01:00My answer is the inexperience of youth. It takes e...My answer is the inexperience of youth. It takes experience and wisdom to understand and appreciate what is truly important - kids, not just in tango, will always be attracted to little shiny sweetwrapper things .. until they realise the quality cheese is much more complex and has layers of appreciation waiting for you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-44737882654064619202010-04-04T15:05:02.581+01:002010-04-04T15:05:02.581+01:00Good question, anon! & I wonder what your answ...Good question, anon! & I wonder what your answer would be. 'Savouring the music' is a great description. <br /><br />One thing I see is respect for the music. The music isn't just a background to a showy display. That respect for the music must go back to the days when couples like Pocho and Nely first danced. They've lived their lives with that music and those lyrics, and that's why I think videos of them and of other couples of that age are so important, and I wish we had many more of them.Tangocommuterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14060601718946750364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-48301811413649679742010-04-03T01:23:21.887+01:002010-04-03T01:23:21.887+01:00You can read more about Pocho at http://jantango.w...You can read more about Pocho at http://jantango.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/roberto-rafael-carreras-june-18-1931/ and Nely http://jantango.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/roberto-bonavato/<br /><br />They have a history together which shows in their dancing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6115345479350954256.post-60500531354381651862010-04-03T00:41:36.591+01:002010-04-03T00:41:36.591+01:00Why is it that its always the older generation who...Why is it that its always the older generation who dance so much more meaningfully than the younger one? Seriously I rarely see younger dancers that I am drawn to in terms of musicality, profundity, style, savouring the music and movement?<br /><br />I'm not asking to troll - I'm interested in genuine reasons.<br /><br />Milonga - most of the older generation dance it was a sense of serenity, the kids seems to race which is not the same sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com