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Dancing from 8.30 - 11.30pm
DJ: Jeff Allan | John Gormley |
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The Milonguero Club is Glasgow's Traditional Milonga dedicated to dancing
classic styles of Argentine tango. With good floor-crafty and respect for other
dancers is our aim.
You don't have to be able to dance Estilo Milonguero to enjoy this milonga.
Rather we wish to create a place for good dancers to dance classic tango to
classic tango music in a milonga with good floor-craft. By classic tango I
mean the styles of dancing that developed in the dance halls of Buenos Aires
for social dancing, I could use the term "two people one heart" It is about
you and your partner the music plus an awareness of and consideration for
other dancers around you. and not the tango that developed on the stage
"Tango Fantasia" This way of dancing can be fun but the Milonguero Club
is the place for the tradition of Social tango dancing in it's
simplicity and in its complexity.
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Venue addresses
Sikorski Polish Club 5, Parkgrove Terrace Glasgow G3 7SD
View the Google map
Price: | Milonga £5 | Pay on the day
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Dates for 2012 3rd Friday of the month
Klick here to download the dates as a PDF file.
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The Milonga
In this milonga the music will be traditional golden era as we want to
encourage the practice of classic styles of tango with a good sense
of floor-craft in use. Along with the Milonguero Style, Close
Embrace Salon style will be encouraged on this dance floor.
Unfortunately this is not the milonga for high flying legs and more
experimental styles of tango We prefer beautiful rhythmical refined
and condensed dances with a sense of respect to your partner
awareness of the overall flow of the dance floor and of the other
couples on the dance floor.
Floor-craft will be a part of our classes Click for the class page.
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Please not the Milonguero style class is off for September to December.
However we will continue to teach Milonguero through one to one tuition.
See our Private class page for details
The Class
In the class we will work with the special features and the movement
vocabulary that distinguishes the milonguero style from the other styles
of social Argentinean tango like those of Close Embrace Salon Style or
Nuevo. The crucial difference in Milonguero is a merged axis that is
created and sustained when the dancers are on the edge of sustaining
their own balance in the embrace.
The Style
Characteristic to this style is that the couple maintains a constant upper
body contact and do not open their embrace to accommodate turns or
ochos. This obviously limits the vocabulary that can be used in the dance,
but opens other opportunities. So Regardless of these limitations when
danced well this style of tango may be the most wonderful way of dancing
as it really empathizes the feeling of shared dance moments with your partner.
It is also a style that evolved for the crowded dance floor.
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Class level & partners
The class is suitable for all dancers with previous experience of Argentine
Tango regardless of your level of dancing in other styles. If you have
not been taking classes in this particular style of tango do not expect to
master it without learning and practicing. Sometime the simple and the
nicest things are the most challenging, but also they are generally the best.
For those who already have some experience in this style we will do our
best to meet your level and enhance your knowledge and your skills.
For the best learning purposes it is advisable that you come to the
class with a partner with whom you would like to work with during
the class. We do not rotate partners as we believe that in learning this
style it’s best to be able to work in more depth with one person. You can
and should dance with other people afterwards in the milonga. We will
do our best to find a suitable partner for those of you who want to book
the class as single but unfortunately we cannot guarantee a partner.
| Jump to the Milonguero Class page |
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Milonguero Style Tango.
Tete & Silvia - Tango Vals "Claro de Luna"
Double click on the video to view at a larger size.
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Pedro Sanchez and Tina Ferrari – Hotel Victoria
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Pedro Sanchez and Cherie Magnus – Milonga 2005
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Armando Orzuza y Nuria Martinez
Tango in the style of central Buenos Aires.
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Salon Style Tango.
Jarge Dispari
(Villa Urquiza)
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Tango Villa Urquiza
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Javier & Geraldine
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Some video of milongas showing nice Floor-craft in action
Los Cosagrados Buenos Aires.
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Tango West Milonga Bristol UK
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