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Very interesting essays, and a lot of carefully considered, true points in both. I find myself sympathizing more with the first, than...

Cards or advertising for other events is fairly common at both tango and other social dances here. That is how I come to know, esp about...

I hate social media, so I'd rather have the AI find out when the milongas are so I don't have to. We have a bunch of milongas that run...

Someone who is not communicating useful information to 95% of their students is not a good teacher, regardless of intention

But your anecdote in the first paragraph suggests that the accent isn't actually important

I sympathise, happens to me all the time too (minus the cat)

How do you define way of life? And how do you distinguish a culture affinity from simple addiction? (this could apply to both salsa...

I think current international milonga/event culture is just as much a distortion. Too sanitized and formal (and also commercialized.)

It's gone from Rioplatense lower class to Parisian salons to Buenos Aires mass market to underground to the stage to reinvented milongas...

I've danced with both partners sitting down using arms + upper body to tango music many times at milongas with partners who were...

No, of course not. I deliberately forgot everything and reconstructed it from more general principles. And I didn't grow up in a rough...

I guess "the version of tango most of the teachers are promoting isn't good" is at least a fairly common minority point of view

The prompt is a lens that focuses your attention on different elements (or combinations of elements) of the music

I believe that no amount of tango lessons can teach the feeling. You have to discover it yourself.

Tbh I would not be surprised if a different message is received half the time, that's just how music/dance is, but it's fine so long as...