The long-term solution is dual-role dancing?

I’ve seen other videos from this particular encuentro, and they vary with respect to age groups and skills. I wouldn’t judge a scene or event on one clip that’s just a snapshot. This could simply have been a sleepy moment. The people in my orbit who I know have been to encuentros by this organizer are actually really good.
 
Bailango said:
Which opportunities?
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He will know where the young tango gazelles are. When I started dancing tango I quickly found out where they were hiding. And you too will know in which studio or with which tango teacher you can find the young clientele.
 
opendoor said:
He will know where the young tango gazelles are. When I started dancing tango I quickly found out where they were hiding. And you too will know in which studio or with which tango teacher you can find the young clientele.
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Most won't look at me because there's plenty of men in their thirties and forties lining up to dance with them. Their loss! ;)

But to answer @Bailango 's question, marathons, festivals (if I'm willing to deal with the correspondingly wider variety of skill level, masses of dunderheads and go with lowered expectations for dances), smaller (relative to festival-size) weekends/events organised in certain countries, even local milongas, because people in my age group wouldn't have as much disposable income to travel often.
 
Bailango said:
Why do they need to hide :D
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I'm surprised you asked that. In my experience, there are hardly any differences between our cities. Young tango aficionados feel totally out of place in normal tango studios and dance schools. They don't actively hide, they meet in their own communities.
 
Rabbit said:
Well, if I'm considering going to an unknown event, then I am going to assume that what the organisers are posting as video/photos represent the type of dancers they would like to attract.
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I do it the other way round, I want to know what it looks like there, not what the organizer would like it to look like. But in this case it doesn't matter, because the organizers didn't post the videos. And you might ask yourself carefully why exactly you want to go to an event if you can't ask anyone personally.

I've also danced at events where the water came from large canisters while camping in the forest, sawdust was available for the toilets, and an unexpected luxury was a rudimentary breakfast. But this event had obviously a different focus, there was a shuttle bus to the hotel, and the food was presented differently:

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pianistamediano said:
smaller (relative to festival-size) weekends/events organised in certain countries, even local milongas, because people in my age group wouldn't have as much disposable income to travel often.
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The younger scenes I’ve observed were at the huge festival Ostertango in Basel or in Eastern Europe. The latter probably has to do with budgets of young people and a local dance culture appealing to the young. Ostertango, might have to do with no need to pre-register or even show up as a couple, since many young dancers are not attached.
 
pianistamediano said:
Some might say queer tango, but I support their efforts in creating a safe space for their own and gaining acceptance in the wider tango world, not the least because I have friends who identify as part of that community, and I want my friends to be happy. They can do whatever they want unless it involves imposing their ideas and beliefs on anyone, which I don't think they'd do, but given the radical political bent of some dancers involved, it's not a non-zero chance of that happening. It goes both ways, too, forcing traditional gender roles onto them is just wrong.
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I have just seen videos of a marathon where the participants hold hands beforehand and walk past each other in long lines and look at each other. So that everyone has the feeling of being seen there. The participants are urgently asked to give rejections, if at all, from the heart and with love. Tango snobs who flinch when they are invited directly are not welcome there anyway; double-role is a plus point, of course.

So it is subliminally about spirituality and trauma therapy, this niche seems to me to be more universal than the queer scene. The event has always been booked up incredibly quickly. At the moment you can only get there by invitation from someone who has been to at least half of the previous events. I see about a third of men in the pictures. But the complaints about not being accepted into the family come overwhelmingly from women.
 
opendoor said:
I'm surprised you asked that. In my experience, there are hardly any differences between our cities. Young tango aficionados feel totally out of place in normal tango studios and dance schools. They don't actively hide, they meet in their own communities.
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I was trolling you when you said they hide :)

Demographics and skill levels are primary lines along which the milongas break down in our area. While there are certain milongas only patronized by older 60+ crowd, there aren’t any where only the young congregate. Most of the frequented milongas have age range from very young to older dancers. They get tiered according to their skills
 
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