Keith is right on this one and I agree with him, but it is not just a matter of 
being able to do tango steps or being uncomfortable or other issues that some 
of you are debating.  Of course you can do any moves you want to tango...just 
look at all the nuevo stuff.  The issue is more about not doing certain steps 
because they are not done in milonga traditionally.  Milonga is a different 
dance from tango—it is not just speeded up tango as so many seem to think.   
You do not go the cross in milonga and you don't do a resolution in milonga (to 
name two differences) and steps are smaller...even ochos are different.  Few 
people (at least in the United States) actually do milonga correctly, but that 
can be partly blamed on the teachers...it isn't taught correctly either.  Doing 
faster tango to a milonga just looks awkward and forced.  Why bother to do a 
dance if you are not going to follow the rules for its form and way it is 
danced.

..as for Pablo Pugliese, there are much better examples of milonga.  Danny El 
Flaco for one of the best and probably the most elegant dancer of milonga in 
Buenos Aires, Gustavo Chidichimo, who teaches at Gricel.  That is milonga.

cheers,
 Charles

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