By the way, connected with the Socio-ethical behavior (this is a sub-subject)
and thanks for your illustrative contributions Charles and R.
I have been at El Arranque and many milongas in Montevideo, Uruguay.
I've heard directly from women there that they try to avoid to dance with the
same
Friends,
Hi Ilene :))
Tine here, DJ in NYC.
I looked at what I played the first half of 2010 and came up with 62% vocal
and 38% instrumental. Each song played was counted, and it's WITHOUT vals
and milonga.
Other DJ's stats I heard were around the mid-60s % as well.
I very rarely get complaints
I have been at El Arranque and many milongas in Montevideo, Uruguay.
I've heard directly from women over there that they try to avoid to dance with
the same partner more than one tanda.
Why? because it will be easily assumed that she has a special relationship with
him and the rest may abstain
A friend of mine who was dancing at Por Lo de Celia Milonga in Bs.As. asked
what the rules were regarding dancing multiple tandas with the same
woman. Mimi Santapá, a well known local tango instructor said: as far as the
man goes, there are no rules. It is the woman's responsibility not to
Here is a NYC dancer who loves vocals in his tango. Never noticed
anything whiny, so if i heard it im sure it doesnt bother me. Vocals
give me more emotion, nuance to express, even though i dont understand
a word of it, I feel it. In fact, not understanding the Spanish is
actually a plus for
Subject: [Tango-L] Finnish Tango
Sergio:
I found that the real link to this interesting video is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhxZoV3t61c
The one that you provided is not working for me.
Thanks for the contribution.
Ruben
I found a video on this subject from a program on Television 60
As we were discussing before there are tangos with singers only for listening
and tangos with singers for dancing, and a times for both listening at the
beginning and then for dancing.
Tangos for listening. The vocalist sings the whole tango.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxs0--0BMp0
When you attend a milonga (or apractica for that matter) what proportion of
the music do you want to hear with lyrics?
I definitely, and almost exclusively prefer instrumental renditions over the
sang versions for two main reasons:
1) Lyrics. Although the melodic lines may be beautifully
