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Milongueros by Alamo Tanguero Terry Bauch If you don't get it, you may not know what Tandas and Cortinas are, so read on! What is a tanda? A tanda is a set of three to five tangos, milongas, valses, or non-tango songs. It is an almost universal rule that you dance the entire tanda with the same partner. It is very rude to drop someone in the middle of the tanda. The tanda gives you and your partner a chance to warm up to the music and really explore it together without having to constantly get used to something new. Also, and more importantly, it allows you to choose your partner to fit the music. In Buenos Aires, you never have to awkwardly let your partner know that you have danced enough with them because you always dance with them until the end of the tanda and then let them go. Usually you don't dance two tandas in a row with the same person unless you're sleeping with them. What is a cortina? A cortina (curtain) is a piece of non-danceable music, played for about a minute, to signal the end of a tanda. In Buenos Aires everyone leaves the dance floor while the cortina is playing. They return to their seats and have a smoke, a sip of something to drink or flirt. They don't immediately leap onto the floor when the next song starts playing, they listen to it for a little bit, decide if they like it and then decide who they would like to dance it with. What is an idiota? An idiota (idiot) would be someone who tried to dance to the cortina or stood there on the dance floor with their embarrassed partner while the cortina was playing. Depending on the dj, there are two tandas of tangos then one of valses,then one or two tandas of tangos and then a tanda of milongas and then the cycle repeats itself. Daniel and I both like to break things up with Salsa, Swing, ChaCha and boleros. And what about the Last Dance? When the DJ at a milonga in Buenos Aires plays "La Cumparsita," dancers know the milonga is ending and the evening is coming to a close. At milongas in Buenos Aires, DJs typically play at least two versions of "La Cumparsita" to end the evening. Dancers often dance the first version with whoever is nearby and reserve the second for someone special. End
Eric's first contact with Argentine
Tango was while attending university in Montreal in 1998. What drew him to
tango the most was the beauty of the music. Learning from many dance masters
such as Esteban Moreno, Claudia Bodega, Diego and Carolina Di Falco,
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