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The Milonguera Dancer and His Body by Raul Cabral
"The milonguero is the king of the milongas. The milonguero listens to the music, receives it in his soul, innately searches for the beat as his lungs would search for air. It is then his body speaks - authentically, unalterably.... read more
The Milonguera Dancer and His Body by Raul Cabral
"The milonguera's body is pure sensitivity. When she dances, all her senses are sharpened and channelled into her dance. She builds the structure of her body from the base, her feet. Placing her weight on her whole foot including her heels, her energy surges and she stretches her body from her waist upwards as if she were the string of a violin vibrating at the slightest touch.... read more
The Beauty of Simplicity - Doing the Easy Thing is Difficult by Raul Cabral
"Many critics of Tango Milonguero say, "Tango Milonguero is easy, you only have to embrace your partner well and that's it." This comment is completely false.... read more
History of TANGO The Viennese Waltz was the world's first popular dance to use the actual "closed hold", what is now accepted as the standard Ballroom hold. The Polka was the second dance in Europe to use this scandalous new hold, an "immoral" way of dancing during the early 19th century. This form of dance was brought by emigrants as they moved to Argentina... read more

The Tango and Trapeze Acts Thirty years ago, the tango wasn't a trapeze act. It didn't have choreographies, and the woman was not just a follower, she was to whom the tango was dedicated.

Around that time, under the pressure of the dictatorship in Argentina, many milongueros stopped dancing. They were tired of getting picked up by the... read more
Tango Terms and Etymology A language - and therefore it's terms - is a living, growing, evolving phenomenon. read more Dancing Shoes vs Street Shoes... Wonder whether there is any difference between dancing shoes and regular street shoes? read more
   
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