Leaders. How was your Tango journey?

pianistamediano said:
So any recommendations for NYC milongas then? Should I even bother considering the practicas unless I want to practise?
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Depends. Given your age, almost any of them will be okay. The monthly milongas draw the biggest crowds (Volver, Mala Leche, Barillito)--maybe 150-200 people. Floorcraft at those events is generally not good. You would probably enjoy Gallo Ciego--music is always good and it's a nice, small space to dance in. Cliquish crowd but you'll be okay. Often have lots of beginners there. El Destino would work for you. DJ is excellent; space itself is terrible (long and narrow); crowd is cliquish but visitors go there as well. I stopped going there over a year ago. Couldn't stand the vibe. Oh, you might also like La Nacional. Really nice space to dance, a real bar, tables and chairs. With a good DJ it can be a really nice milonga. They often have performances. Crowd is not snobbish. It's where all the Argentines go and all the teachers. Ensueño is very laid back; DJ quality varies a great deal, but it doesn't draw much of a crowd and they tend to be older. There are others on the NY Tango page. Ask me if you have any specific questions. Not sure about the prácticas. You could go to the Tuesday night práctica, although it's been so crowded that Robin doesn't even post it anymore. There are several on Saturday early afternoon that are popular. I don't go because they're too early for me.
 
Bailango said:
I will definitely recommend NYC milongas though it has been almost a decade since I danced at a few there. In most of the big metros around the world with good tango scene you can’t go wrong!
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We've lost a few venues though, unfortunately (Dance Manhattan, Triangulo, YSBD, Stepping Out). They closed after Covid. Fortunately, some reopened and new ones opened up and that has helped a lot.
 
ArbeeNYC said:
We've lost a few venues though, unfortunately (Dance Manhattan, Triangulo, YSBD, Stepping Out). They closed after Covid. Fortunately, some reopened and new ones opened up and that has helped a lot.
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Nooo! What a shame. I used to go to those (not triangulo), and Nacional, and the Ukrainian ballroom. All pre-Covid.
 
Miradamiranda said:
Nooo! What a shame. I used to go to those (not triangulo), and Nacional, and the Ukrainian ballroom. All pre-Covid.
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La Nacional is still going strong. Ukranian has been open. YSBD moved to a new home, a bigger and better space. Triangulo, unfortunately, lost its cozy home and is now in a smaller space that I haven't been to. And Stepping Out was closed then reopened in a much bigger space on the far West Side.
 
How did you find private classes 1:1 with instructor vs bringing partner and just splitting the cost in terms of the progress? May be a silly question, as I feel that with 1:1 I get all the attention rather than 50/50 (in some cases if partner's level is not equal, it may be even 80/20). But, as I am getting better and there are less errors, I am thinking down the road to may be partner up and split the cost.
 
Pharaoh said:
..as I am getting better and there are less errors
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You are not there yet! The errors only will appear on your way.
Pharaoh said:
..thinking down the road to may be partner up and split the cost.
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You have to be more passionate about tango and not start getting lost in financial considerations. The path of the tanguero simply is long, lonely and expensive.

- You will need a lot of 1:1 privates with a studied dancer of opposite role for posture, quality of movement, axis, decidedness and projection.

- You don't need 2:1 privates.

- And you definitely do not need 2:2 private sessions! That would be a waste of money.
 
tangoing said:
Well yeah the landscape has changed post pandemic. I’ve talked to some milonga organizers and they think there’s just a lot less dancers in general, and even less younger dancers.
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Depends. I think there are fewer dancers overall but there are quite a lot of younger dancers now (depends where you go to dance though). NYC mostly lost a bunch of older dancers post-pandemic and some younger ones as well. Reasons vary though, many of the younger dancers moved away or found jobs that allowed them less free time.
 
ArbeeNYC said:
Depends. I think there are fewer dancers overall but there are quite a lot of younger dancers now (depends where you go to dance though). NYC mostly lost a bunch of older dancers post-pandemic and some younger ones as well. Reasons vary though, many of the younger dancers moved away or found jobs that allowed them less free time.
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I mean there’s no milongas that are majority young dancers (don’t think there ever was even pre pandemic), just that there’s a mix of them now for the weds/thurs/fri and a few of the monthly milongas. And it’s more like maybe 15-30% of the dancers being young, young being considered maybe mid 30s and below.
 
tangoing said:
I mean there’s no milongas that are majority young dancers (don’t think there ever was even pre pandemic), just that there’s a mix of them now for the weds/thurs/fri and a few of the monthly milongas. And it’s more like maybe 15-30% of the dancers being young, young being considered maybe mid 30s and below.
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Gallo Ciego and El Destino tend to attract younger dancers primarily.
 
ArbeeNYC said:
Gallo Ciego and El Destino tend to attract younger dancers primarily.
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don’t think it’s primarily. Gallo Ciego probably attracts the most young dancers out of any milonga, but it’s still at least mostly people older than 40. Destino even more older people + pros. I’m not counting the first hour where it’s people hanging out from the beginners pre milonga class, but peak time.
 
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