On Sunday they're scheduled to teach tango at the Pearl Studios before appearing as part of a milonga at the Alvin Ailey Center. |
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His talk surveyed the Kongo-derived underpinnings of tango, including candombe, tangana, payada, and the funky milonga. |
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Traditional European dances were mixed with the habanera, a popular dance from Cuba, to form a new style, the milonga. |
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The dance was born in Argentina, via the local milonga and African Candombe rhythms. |
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In turn, the milonga mixed with a dance that was performed in the streets by small-time crooks or 'compadritos' and the tango was born. |
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At La Catedral, a milonga with an indie atmosphere in the district of Almagro, the crowd is younger and the atmosphere relaxed. |
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He first lived in Rio de Janeiro and then moved to Sao Paulo, where he ran his own dance studio and held a weekly milonga. |
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Although the milonga has something of the air of the genteel, there is nothing outdated about this timeless dance, judging by the recent interest shown in it. |
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If women do the leg flicks and kicks in a confined milonga, there is a distinct risk of others on the dance floor being speared by a flying stiletto. |
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In an upstairs dance hall called El Beso, tonight's milonga is heating up. |
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In the Strictly Dance Fever final, Danny and Jodie from Liverpool made it into second place dancing the Milonga. |
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We arrange to meet at a Milonga so that I can experience for myself the differences in style and ambience, but first I have another class to attend. |
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